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fluent; smooth; flowing

2

simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

3

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

1

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

2

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

9

starting to walk

3

impoliteness

4

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

1

sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug

1

surrounding at a distance

1

suspicious-looking; fishy

5

to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake

2

barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)

17

short-term

1

thick; meaty; fleshy

2

slicing a fish along its belly

1

proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request

1

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

5

balance; difference (in price, cost); margin

2

loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

1

trying (a food) for oneself; eating (a new product, renowned dish, etc.)

1

expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

1

convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

3

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

8

feeling of a house or a room

3

extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat

1

lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

7

to speak ill of; to disparage

5

to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure

1

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

2

a moment ago; just now

1

maintaining contact (with); keeping in contact (with); keeping in touch (with); introducing (unacquainted people); getting acquainted (with one another)

2

interests; stake

2

friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

1

to borrow money; to call for loans

1

sampling food; tasting; trying

3

(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady

1

gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous

1

red leather; red-dyed leather

4

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

3

sender; consignor; remitter

2

deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)

1

speech; expression; wording; language

1

ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

2

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

1

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

4

8th day of the month; eight days

2

delayed effect

1