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front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)

2

(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

3

colony

2

ambassador plenipotentiary

8

superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries

3

sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses

8

even though it is not; despite not

2

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

pistol; handgun

1

very strange; odd; queer

4

variable light (e.g. with a dimmer); photochromatic; dimmer; dimmer control

1

prompt; immediate; in real time

2

frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments

1

(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit

1

Sinclaire

15

Minerva (goddess)

4

Mercury (planet)

1

signature; signing; sealing

70

consent form; letter of consent

2

one's (living) environment

1

one room

4

you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home

1

accommodation

1

annex; affiliated structure or institute

1

to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up

1

exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

1

military officer; naval officer

2

first-class hotel

1

to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

2

one house; the same house

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

1

wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image

1

clean room (e.g. in semiconductor manufacturing); cleanroom

1

tent

2

notebook-format (computer)

1

workspace

1

outdoors; outside

1

camp; camping

1

many-sided; multifaceted

1

portable

1

half-eaten

2

field ration; combat ration; ration pack

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

to hang; to hang up

1

mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)

1

comfort when sleeping; feel (of a bed, futon, etc.)

1

to have a terrible time; to have a hard time

2

guest

2