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legal; lawful; legitimate

2

always; usually

6

healthy; sound; wholesome

4

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

shortage of stock; scarcity of goods

1

major subject; special study

4

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

3

uniform excellence

2

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

2

lens

1

along the road; at the side of the road

1

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

1

reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

4

to be in luck's way; to get lucky

1

frame

5

buying; shopping; buyer; purchase

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

16

to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

4

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

3

retainer; attendant; escort

1

while passing each other

2

woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love

2

parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition

1

inspiration

1

sketch; sketching

6

rough sketch

3

overall

3

waistcoat; vest

2

frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

to jump up and down; to hop

3

same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin

6

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move

1

hungry; starving

1

dry riverbed; river beach

1

cooking; kitchen work

2

eating out; dining out

3

line; queue; procession; matrix

1

coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)

1

entering a store; entering a restaurant; becoming an employee of a store; starting to work at a store; opening up a shop (in a department store, etc.)

1

food; food products; foodstuffs

1

hygiene; sanitation; cleanliness; toilet; restroom; bathroom

2

somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely

6

daily set meal; daily special; plat du jour

3

order; request

2

hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste

1

two (long cylindrical things)

4

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

2

saliva; spit; spittle

5

large family; extended family

3