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beige (coloured)

3

to soar high (building, etc.)

1

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

wide difference; a world of difference

6

circumstances; one's situation or lot in life

6

writing in large letters

6

placard

3

intonation

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

4

hasty preparation; cramming; goods prepared in a hurry (after they were already needed); makeshift; half-baked

1

home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning

1

accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

2

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

3

entrance procession; march-in; entry parade

1

Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)

1

baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player

1

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

2

to turn to the right

2

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

2

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

5

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

2

chest disease

1

research institute; (research) laboratory

2

research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)

1

second generation; second; junior

2

cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)

4

wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

1

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

1

suitcase

4

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

4

walking briskly; determinedly

2

room; apartment; flat

8

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

4

key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue

2

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

2

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

4

chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

1

old friend; old acquaintance

7

tales of one's travels

2

suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers

2

bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours

3

hanging scroll

2

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

5

flight; flying; soaring

1

in general; generally; usually

2

exit and entrance

5

(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first

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