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steady; sound; reliable; solid

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perpetual change caused by karma; vicissitudes of life; that which is made

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ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

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to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

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vanguard; advance guard

7

project

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starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation

5

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

8

main faction

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hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

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bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

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consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi

3

discussion; argument; debate

11

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

4

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

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cautious theory; conservative theory

2

don't worry; no worries; never mind

1

members; member; constituent

1

(committee) chairman; president

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pathology

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committee member

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appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

3

mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation

1

personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups

5

topic of discussion; agenda

2

defendant; the accused

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dispute; conflict; trouble; strife

4

newspaper story (article, account)

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cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach

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to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

5

Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka

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local news section; the city desk

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character actor; character actress

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Kusaka Takeshi (1931.2-)

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approximate age; age range

2

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

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

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to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

4

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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to settle (a dispute)

1

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

11

who

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something like ...; something called ...

1

in all

5

specialization; specialisation

3

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

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asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

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lack of knowledge or understanding

2

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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