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fault-finding; carping

1

single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell

1

compulsory; obligatory; mandatory

1

cemented carbide; superhard; ultrahard

1

retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home

7

moving into (house)

1

arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan

1

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

2

televising; broadcasting; airing

1

ordinary people; general public; public at large

2

playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)

2

expansion

1

consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)

1

welfare for the aged

1

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

1

newspaper story (article, account)

4

star attraction; draw card; crowd puller

1

national

1

zoo; zoological gardens

1

black and white; right and wrong

1

fraudulent claim of product origin

1

revision; amendment; alteration

1

practical; businesslike

1

reform; innovation

1

(political) policy position; line of policy; party line

1

news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press

1

feudalism

2

democracy; democratic system of government

2

chain store

2

large family

1

retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)

1

pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked

2

individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic

6

French fries; chips

1

spinach

1

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

2

consideration (for others); (making) allowance

2

dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented

1

self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)

2

all you can drink; bottomless cup

6

gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot

7

speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

1

futures trading

1

shortage of stock; scarcity of goods

1

to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

1

weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

1

drink

1

recreation; diversion; relaxation

1

department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

1

this and that; one thing and another

1