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that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

1

(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed

4

body blow

1

execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

1

Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan

1

scattered animal feed; ground bait

2

irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals

1

mind-set change; changing one's way of thinking; attitude reform

1

male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations

3

invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink

3

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone

2

fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

2

to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope

1

tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament

3

private affairs; personal matter

1

armed struggle

1

high achiever; student with good academic results

1

appearance; expression; manifestation

1

club activities; extracurricular activities

2

individual; one by one

1

pause; suspension; rest; stoppage

1

hotbed; breeding ground

1

inevitable; necessary

1

valuation basis; appraisal standard

1

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

1

good results

2

the exact opposite

1

hardships; privation

1

multilateral; many-sided; diversified

1

to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy

1

lecture

3

sports ground; playing field; playground

1

carefully; with caution

1

on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

1

cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

1

(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle

2

inquisitiveness

1

by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident

1

great disaster

1

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

1

opening fully; full throttle; full power

2

schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus

4

natural disaster; cataclysm

1

tornado

1

thinking one saw something that wasn't actually there; hallucination; pretending not to see; looking the other way; looking upwards; upward glance

1

storm; windstorm; gale

4

-proof; -resistant

1

awe; fear; dread; fright

1

preface; introduction; preamble

2

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1