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to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

3

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

2

perfect; complete; flawless

4

English (language)

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intonation

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Western painting; Western film; Western movie

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theme song

2

screaming (vocal technique); shouting

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

2

duet

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

2

Nogizaka

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being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

1

ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)

1

professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat

2

in the meanwhile; during the time

3

maracas

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

2

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

5

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)

4

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

1

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

2

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

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title

2

artist; musician

1

uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

3

wired; cabled; communication by wire

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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melody; tune

2

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

2

interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

1

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

1

readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

3

one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

1

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

1

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

1

gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober

1

here and there; in places

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

2

self; oneself

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arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization

2

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

5

discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

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to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

1

masturbation

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song; singing

1