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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

3

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

6

corner; nook

1

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

5

of course; certainly; naturally

6

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

3

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

3

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

feeling; mood

3

to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)

6

not worth considering; out of the question

1

to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

9

pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast

2

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

3

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

3

assertion; declaration; affirmation

2

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

5

to spend money

2

(being in) the black; surplus; black letter

4

to spend time (on doing something)

2

heavy loss

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

8

gold coin

25

counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

13

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

2

miser; cheapskate; scrooge

3

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters

1

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

43

gold (colour, color)

3

pink; erotic; blue; pornographic

1

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

2

long

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

6

pupil (of the eye); one's eyes

9

purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce

1

white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright

8

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh

1

distinctive; characteristic

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

3

near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

1

comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

2