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sports newspaper

2

seat; sheet

8

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

6

long time; many years

2

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

5

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

3

stochastic; probabilistic

1

that's true; of course; obviously

3

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

regret; repentance; remorse

13

extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

1

off-season

1

close friendship (i.e. strong enough to cut metal)

9

doughnut; donut

13

plain; plane

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

3

back issue (of a publication); back-number

3

twentieth day of the month; twenty days

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

2

to read (a book, etc.) over again

2

reporter; journalist

5

easy to understand

3

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

3

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

5

complexity

1

unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew

1

to become complicated

3

deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

4

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

1

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district

1

title

5

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

3

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

urban redevelopment

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

14

summary; digest

2

city

4

large-scale

1

buying up of goods; cornering (market)

3

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

1

name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext

2

hot

3

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

8

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

2

company (i.e. business)

5