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most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate

1

to become moist; to be moistened; to profit (from); to benefit; to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)

3

trade-off

2

antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives

2

impetuousness

1

all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext

2

short-term

3

market; fair

1

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

2

negative; contradictory

2

resource allocation

1

making a loss; incurring a deficit

2

blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit

2

to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once

3

price reduction; price cut; reduction in price; markdown

4

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

16

limits; end; bounds

3

reasonable; suitable

8

to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

1

management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position

8

large quantities of alcohol; heavy drinking; heavy drinker

1

freezing rain

5

free alcohol; free liquor; free drinks

1

to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things

2

parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

4

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

4

limited; limiting; restrictive

6

home position; origin; usual place (for something)

1

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

1

cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation

3

multi-tiered food box

1

to get a laugh

1

(period of) one year

2

good time to sell

1

person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman

2

uneven distribution; unfair distribution; maldistribution

4

family property

1

supplier

1

not insignificant; not to be sneezed at

3

clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

5

to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense

1

other people's money

1

to address

2

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

1

illegitimate family lineage

2

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

18

one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group

20

Imperial gift

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