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to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

6

to compare

4

default legal speed limit (in Japan, 60 km/h for cars on ordinary roads, 100 km/h on highways); national speed limit

1

fire alarm

1

accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing

1

to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities

1

voltage

1

hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh

1

too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

1

valve

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

21

center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

1

impatiently; eagerly

1

electrical component

1

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

saliva; spit; spittle

5

horizontal plane; level surface

1

highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme

8

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

1

to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

1

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

7

system initialization; system start up

2

saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver

1

young person

3

order of attachment; attachment order; seizure order

1

tax office

2

specialty paper; special paper

1

decree; directive

3

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

envelope

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Immigration Bureau

1

nominal; in name only; titular

1

administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor

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

5

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

4

construction; building; newly built ship; new boat; (another's) wife (usu. young); young, unmarried woman; wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman

4

rank; standing

6

air dome

2

leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure

1

master key

6

entering; going into

2

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend

8

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!

2

to trouble; to bother; to annoy

1

not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word

1

to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)

1

key card; card key

3

return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)

2

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

1

short of hands

2