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eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)

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forcibly; against one's will

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addition; supplement; appending; appendix

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to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

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with a gulp

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empty; vacant; hollow

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

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to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything

1

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

quarrel; dispute

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to win; to gain victory

4

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

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rule of thumb

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to be silent; to say nothing

7

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

2

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

1

silent; mute; dumb

2

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

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alternately; by turns; one after the other

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intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

2

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

4

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

1

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

5

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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at least; at most; (even) just

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

2

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

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six o'clock

2

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

2

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

4

both hands; both arms; ten

3

to stretch (one's body)

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

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compared with

2

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

2

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

1

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

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mind and body

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

1

completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

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poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results (showing)

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