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autonomy; independence

1

after; later

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

2

darkness

1

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

1

leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank

1

electricity bill; electric bill

1

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser

1

going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"

1

immoral

1

sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness

1

time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season

1

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

5

mulled wine

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

1

advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person

1

inferior goods; faulty item

1

drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)

1

regular drinking; habitual drinking

1

telling (on someone); tattling; snitching

1

family-oriented; familial

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

2

helicopter

1

danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; (lit.) once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)

1

trousseau

1

tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

1

(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty

1

bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body

1

technical fee

1

cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable

1

instruction; teaching

1

thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient

1

to happen to pass by

1

off the coast; offshore; out at sea

1

personal funds; one's own money; self-funding

1

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

3

trading company

1

unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad

3

being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious

1

to be superstitious

2

development permit

1

long-established; old-established; traditional

1

national budget

4

first world problem; good problem to have

1

uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

1

population decrease

1

work force

1