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mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

7

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

7

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed

2

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

17

straightforward; blunt; outspoken; clear-cut

1

fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

9

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

15

to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)

5

right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

1

the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth

3

perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent

2

passing mark

1

bloodstream; blood flow

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

7

pore (of the skin)

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

7

quiet; still; calm

2

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

19

in this manner; in this way; like this

8

technical limitations; limits of technology

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

12

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

6

to look at the long term

1

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)

2

abstract side of things (such as personnel, skill, information; as opposed to physical things)

1

being suited to a role; being the right person for the job; suitable role; suitable position; fitting part

5

baby; infant

3

learning; study

1

to clap

6

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

1

ready consent

2

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

7

rational; reasonable; logical

3

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

13

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

2

easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

5

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

8

immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

3

if you insist

1

complicated and mysterious

2

to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of

4

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

13

technical; technological; practical

4

improvement; reform

1

drawn-out (protracted) war or contest

2

to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat

1

outer moat (of a castle)

1

that sort of; like that

2

at the present time; as of now; at this time

2