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to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

convenient

1

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

4

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

5

however; nevertheless

2

to feel ashamed

1

appearance; outward show

1

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

3

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

2

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

manly; masculine; like a man

1

extensive knowledge; erudition

1

oratory; eloquence

1

son

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

1

twins; twin

4

similar people

2

accidental resemblance

2

body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander

1

broadminded

1

favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye

1

loose-tongued; talkative

1

since; henceforth

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

2

to come and go; to go back and forth

1

farmer; peasant

1

second son

1

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

2

salary; wages; pay

1

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

1

what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like

2

so to speak

1

free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

7

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

1

isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

1

a bit more; a bit longer

1

limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth

1

to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)

2

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

2

giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice

1

practice; practising; training; study

2

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

2

extreme; extremity

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

2

elaborate; delicate; exquisite

2