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pearl

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

4

index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)

7

limit; bound

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

(period of) a year; during the era (of)

4

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)

1

eight; 8

3

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

2

return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

10

six; 6

10

formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)

2

authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition

1

five; 5

7

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

1

joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation

4

exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

1

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

1

experienced; well-versed

1

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

branch manager; manager of a branch office

1

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

3

tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony

4

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

1

(written) application; application form

2

company; corporation; firm; one's workplace

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

5

thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

1

in succession; one by one

4

recipient (e.g. of mail); addressee; payee; beneficiary

4

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

4

(someone else's) parents; both parents

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told

2

greeting; a fine thing to say

2

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

4

oh!; ah!; oh no

3

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

2

how many years; how long; what year

3

younger child

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

2

son; penis

2