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chasing after women; womanizing

2

trespassing; intrusion

1

property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)

1

cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste

1

everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything

1

immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

2

one's position; one's face; one's honour; one's reputation

1

to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone

1

for one's true nature to come out

1

our

1

role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

1

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

1

to step back; to retire

1

guidance and supervision

1

long-term (business) strategy

1

steel frame; steel beam; steel girder

2

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

development project (program, programme, plan)

1

stable growth

1

diversification

2

change; transition; vicissitudes

2

temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business

2

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

1

food industry

1

professional gambler; gamester

1

prospecting; trial digging

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

1

going straight (to); going direct; unwavering action; decisive action; upright conduct

2

blending of Japanese and Western styles

1

very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

1

(doing things at) one's own pace; (doing things) one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)

4

quick-eared

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

7

in good humor

3

female line; matrilinear

2

in terms of; from the point of view of

2

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent

2

babies and preschool children

2

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

3

to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

1

to regain one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to be invigorated; to be encouraged

2

embers

1

having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest

1

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

1

to nip (something) in the bud

4

hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence

2

drop in status; reduction in status

3

unqualified; without qualifications

1

row of houses; each house; every house; every door

1

garlic (Allium sativum)

1