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maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position

3

inefficient

1

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1

substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

1

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

1

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

6

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

1

to carry out a scheme

1

traffic accident

1

matter of time; question of time

1

human; human-like; as a person

1

time one returns home

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

4

rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

2

the curtain opens (for the start of a play, act, etc.); the curtain rises; to start (of a play); to start (of an event, campaign, etc.); to begin

2

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

4

waltz

2

discomfort; displeasure

5

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

5

hot-tempered person

1

throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off

1

sadistic

1

maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

weak person; the weak

1

infancy; childhood; tender age

1

justification; rationalization

1

to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position

1

(power of) imagination

1

lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

2

moderate

1

tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

9

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

6

violet

94

superior; superiors; senior

1

one person; one member

2

state of progress

1

hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

4

beauty contest; beauty pageant

1

beauty contest to name Miss ...

1

participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

35

consecutive tournament victories

1

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

6

to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for

2

to request earnestly

2

assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

3

unpopular

1