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selection; choice; screening

1

restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy

13

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

16

rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

1

to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts

1

just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

1

application information; application guidelines; application handbook

1

rise and fall; ups and downs

1

from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...

1

arriving in the capital

1

feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

1

repetition of position; repetition draw

2

simplification

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

1

to cut at; to slash at

1

expert; skilled hand; person of experience

1

regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety

1

natural; intrinsic; from birth

1

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

1

shriek of delight; cry of joy

1

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

4

recompense; indemnity; atonement

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

4

polyandry

1

bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

2

agreement; rule; arrangement; decision

1

the three Senke schools of tea ceremony (Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke)

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

1

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

6

balance of power

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

4

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

proportional division; proportional distribution

1

to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

1

to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

sandwich

2

warming up; warm-up

1

round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations

1

sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

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temper; nerves

1

edamame (green soybeans)

3

cold tofu (served with condiments)

2

cold dish (e.g. at a restaurant)

2

horse mackerel, cut open and dried

1

loan; lawn (grass); lawn (linen or cotton fabric)

2

importing goods privately; private importing

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