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irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)

1

to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud

1

restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization

1

leftovers (esp. food); remnants

1

spring break; spring vacation

1

gambling

1

clitoris

1

restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse

8

borrowing without returning

1

going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

1

large company; large enterprise; large corporation

2

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

2

musical chairs

1

to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead

1

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

2

intensification; aggravation

1

chimera; chimaera

6

(good quality) meat; processed meat; small goods

1

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

1

to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what someone wants

1

to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest

2

cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm

1

half tatami mat; heckling; jeering; interrupting

5

to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

2

ex post facto report; report after the event

1

bonus; bounty; reward; compensation

2

statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

1

state guest

1

same name; homonym

1

to claim victims; to leave casualties

1

embassy

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

1

clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate

4

training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training

1

medium; mediocrity; average

5

hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

pit (hole or sunken area); pit; pits; pit (of a bowling alley)

2

infrared sensor

1

with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang

1

showering with blows

1

willpower; faith; telekinesis; psychokinesis

1

plover

1

transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant

1

power; motive power; three-phase electricity

8

comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

1

first place; first rank; units position (of a number)

1

deceased grandfather

1

porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles

1

charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled

1