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education; training; discipline

2

to pieces; into shreds

1

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

2

famous; celebrated; worthy of the name

2

both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other

1

refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; tonic; refreshing medicine

1

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

1

to open the door

1

occasional; infrequent; rare

3

official name; formal name

3

to check; to compare

1

division; section; classification; sorting; division

1

full dress; formal dress; uniform

1

seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)

1

helping hand; help; support; aid

2

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

1

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously

8

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

1

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

1

undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

1

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

2

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

3

charming figure; alluring figure

1

poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

1

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot

1

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

2

perfect circle; cute

1

Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip

2

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

1

discipline; punishment; reprimand

1

whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)

2

with a whack; smack; slap

7

biological older brother

1

bagworm; bagworm moth

2

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

3

girl; baby girl; schoolgirl; girl pupil

1

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

1

one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path

1

counsel; defender; advocate

1

public prosecutor

1

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

106

set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line

1

as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious

2

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

1

severe; harsh

1

a long, long time ago; very long ago

1

dirt cheap; very cheap

1

to sell off; to sell completely

1