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material; ingredient

1

anecdote; story; episode

1

high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block

3

promising; hopeful; full of promise

1

to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

1

to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel

1

sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

experienced; well-versed

2

bunch of flowers; bouquet

2

Ferrari

2

Minatomirai

2

drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

3

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

older sister and younger brother

3

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

2

counterattack

1

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

1

personnel training; human resources development; character building

1

highest ever; record-high; highest on record

1

Christmas Eve

3

eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

(private) study room

8

reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook

1

question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

1

retirement; resignation; stepping down

1

operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release

1

hardworking; studious

1

easy-to-understand

1

study; pursuit of knowledge

1

attachment (to); tenacity of purpose

1

faculty of law; school of law; college of law

2

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)

3

to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence

1

comatose state

2

complete recovery

1

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

2

mosquito

2

visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand

1

navel; belly button

1

curt; blunt; brusque

1

dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover

3

to get excited

1

to begin to dance; to break into a dance

1

character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself

1

to solve a mystery

1