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negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement

1

(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding

2

customer; client; patron

1

high class; high grade

1

to go by the rules; to observe the regulations

1

Japanese (people, language, style)

1

anywhere

2

sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

3

discretion; discretionary power

1

business manners; business etiquette

2

spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

1

bloodstream; blood flow

1

contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)

1

conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)

1

recurrence; revival; resuscitation

2

attention; giving one's attention; focusing

1

noodles; vermicelli

1

technology revolution

1

tenacity; endurance

2

subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling

1

unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help

1

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement

1

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

1

scattered animal feed; ground bait

2

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of

2

had better ...; may as well ...

1

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

1

setting on fire; setting afire

2

priority level; degree of relative priority

5

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

4

with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life

3

escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

1

police officer; policeman; constable

1

awesome; amazing; incredible; a lot; absolutely

1

oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed

3

curio; antique

3

very loose; slowly; leisurely

2

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

you must seize every golden opportunity; strike while the iron is hot; when you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price

1

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

2

what did you do?; is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?

4

other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice

3

surgical sterilization; contraceptive operation

1

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

1

flattery; compliment

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

2

cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste

4