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to lose (a chance); to miss; to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

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goat

6

being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus

2

to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)

1

(a) passing acquaintance

1

peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); nobility; aristocracy

5

to drag in; to pull in

1

natural talents

2

queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

1

depth; length

2

smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

3

wheat bran

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konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

4

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

1

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

2

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

3

accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer

1

tailor; dressmaker

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

3

no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever

2

business suit

1

to boil down sake, mirin, etc. to reduce the alcohol content

1

to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile

1

so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!

1

Pinsuke

3

(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback

1

word root (smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

3

to begin to speak; to begin to explain

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

3

departure; leaving; going away; recession

3

to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves

1

Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese trick-taking game)

3

Alexander

1

I; me

1

politics; government

1

representative government

2

tunnel

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

2

self-will; obstinacy

2

enterprising

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure

1

fundamental; basic

2

improvement; reform

2

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

4

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with)

1

ruler and ruled; master and servant

1

to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain

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