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regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)

2

(one's parents') home

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Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

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common people; ordinary people; masses

2

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

2

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

professional

5

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

3

ability; skill; facility

2

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

pianist

2

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

2

quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent

1

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

5

cosmetics; toilet articles

1

manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things

1

(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

1

exactly opposite (of)

2

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

1

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

2

convenient; handy; useful

1

religion; cult

2

being startled; getting a shock

1

motion

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

badminton

1

smash

2

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

look; glance; (at first) sight

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

3

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

2

calmly; coolly; primly

1

ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

4

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

5

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

2

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

6

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

2

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

2

below freezing

1

what on Earth is this?

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

leading question

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to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

2

true character; real nature

1