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3

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

calm before a storm; lull before the storm

1

steadily

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

7

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

march; advance

1

whisper; murmur

2

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

3

west

1

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

2

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

5

all members; everybody; regular member

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

11

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

1

resource

11

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

3

progress; development

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

2

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

4

father

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

graciously

1

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

conditionally; with conditions attached

3

cease-fire agreement

3

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

2

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

2

joint struggle; common (united) front

3

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

3

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

2

both; (not) either

1

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

2

executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements

2

immediate reply

1

root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

3

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

2

inflation

3

action of making something; -ification

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

1

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

2

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

1