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to force one's way through

2

strange; odd; unusual

2

sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy

2

teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha

2

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

1

minute; meager; meagre; mean

1

to mix; to blend; to combine

1

manufacturer

1

daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life

1

cultivation; farming

1

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

1

credit; claim

2

to be of no importance

1

stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

1

mint bureau; mint

1

paper money; note; bill

1

inflation

2

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

4

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

off-shoot; noble (family) sibling

2

to live long; to survive

1

military affairs

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

vassals; retainers; followers

1

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

1

beckoning

1

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1

universal medicine; cure-all; panacea

5

dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)

4

camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

2

heavy smoker

2

hardships; privations; difficulties

2

using as an intermediary; through

5

weak attitude

1

popular sentiment

2

suited figure; person in a suit

4

snob; affected person

1

independent; responsible; active; subjective

6

arbitrary use of power

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

1

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

2

lukewarm; tepid; indifferent; halfhearted

2

authority; power; function

2

superior; better

3

to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame

1

any number of times

1

not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

1

tequila

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in public; in company

3

to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away

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