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countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel

3

baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)

1

interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)

5

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing

1

eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

whining (to get one's way); tantrum

1

leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

1

different kind; another sort; separate item; separate account (e.g. bank account)

1

of all things

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

to provide (a person) with a bodyguard

1

to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug

1

temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra

2

fish hook

1

to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

1

expertise; specialized knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge

1

well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur

1

means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood

1

heroic

1

story; tale

1

to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

1

white feather

1

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

1

free time; spare time

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

1

acceptance

2

registration book; registration card

2

delivery; issuance; handing over; granting

1

glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception

1

things to note; matters that require attention; important points; considerations; precautions; suggestions

1

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

2

guide (on a tour, etc.)

1

registration fee

1

weight; sinker

1

to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

1

hot; (hot) coffee

1

mature woman; middle-aged woman

1

tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

1

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

1

ahem

1

identification papers; ID

3

to teach; to take a teaching job

2

change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change

1

supercompensation; overcompensation

1

scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)

2

dye; dyestuff; coloring agent

1

clothes worn while one's other clothes are in the wash; cleaning or planing wooden furniture to revive it; reversing the book value of an asset to the acquisition cost at the beginning of the next accounting period

1

naturally; of course; understandably

2