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next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

4

blow; hit (on the body); beating

1

to fire from a job

4

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

monster

6

genuine article; real thing; real deal

8

Japan

2

major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major

1

even

1

to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view

1

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

1

selection; choice; option

1

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

1

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

3

meeting

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

1

disappointment; despair

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

2

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

ideal; ideals

2

ultimate; final; last; eventual

1

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

1

to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

1

ahead; before; the future

1

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

1

full house (esp. in card games such as poker)

1

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

being the sole winner; winner-take-all

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

1

Kusano

12

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

2

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

darkness; the dark

1

reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

1

little by little

1

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

2

to have a good idea; to be able to predict

1

metallic sound; metallic clank

1

distance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.); carry (of a golf ball); flight (of an arrow)

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

short time

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

1

favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

1

what

3

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

3