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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

16

handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover

2

bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)

1

to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

1

snappingly; with a snap

1

family vacation; family trip

2

elopement; running away with a lover

1

asteroid

1

MacGuffin (plot device); McGuffin; maguffin

1

sampling; taking a sample; sampling; distributing free samples

2

not worth doing; waste of effort

2

salted rice-bran paste for pickling

1

Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

5

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

2

waters; water area

1

about 80%; almost certainly; mostly

2

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

1

newly purchased item

2

quire (of paper)

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face

1

dustpan

2

gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures

1

knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

1

to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)

1

single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind

1

(lesson in) tough love

1

to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat; to get (a batter) out

1

to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower

1

rote learning; education that stresses memorization

1

current obsession; current kick; personal obsession

3

involving the audience (by talking to them, bringing them on stage, etc.)

1

criminal psychology

1

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment

1

make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament

1

I told you so

1

famous scene (in a movie or play)

1

to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling

1

peace treaty

1

end of war; cessation of hostilities

1

self-destructive; self-defeating; suicidal

1

box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)

2

bringing; taking; carrying

1

to feel relieved; to feel satisfied

1

criminal's head on public display (Edo period); displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head

2

bad character; bad person; villain; baddie

1

contrarian trading; contrarian investing

1

Cristy; Kristi; Kurisuti

3

haughty arrogance

2

to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

1