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precious; valuable

3

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

4

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

11

distinction; discrimination

1

burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

1

egoistic; selfish; self-willed

1

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

2

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

something (or other)

2

puzzle

2

direct

3

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

3

purse; handbag; wallet

5

relatively; comparatively

1

parting; farewell

4

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

1

traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase

1

to drag out

1

great haste; mad rush

4

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

he; she; that guy

5

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

flash; instant; lightning (speed)

1

Shinkansen; bullet train

5

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

3

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

3

to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

2

honest; steady

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

to wring the neck; to strangle

1

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

2

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

2

Mitokoumon

1

twentieth century

1

rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty

1

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

2

resentment; indignation; anger

1

discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced

1

Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression

1

democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)

1

to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy

2

Japanese style; Japanese model; Japanese way

1

natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1