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scrubbing and washing; kitchen work

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gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

1

flour; meal; powder; heroin

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

1

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

2

how long?; till when?

1

collective responsibility; joint liability

1

this sort of; this type of

3

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

1

kitchen

2

scrubbing brush; scourer

2

prickling; stinging; tingling

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

2

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

washing-up; dish-washing

2

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

lickety-split; quickly

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

group; party; team; squad; section

1

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

1

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

1

coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)

1

braggart; boaster; big talker; big mouth; blowhard; bullshitter

1

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

1

to neglect (e.g. one's studies); to leave unattended

1

one's share; one's portion

1

disregarding; ignoring

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant

1

medical officer

1

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

2

being startled

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

3

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

1

to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)

2

shape up!; act properly!

1

retirement

1

(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN

1

thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn

1

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

one's cherished opinion; pet theory

1

leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring

2

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

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