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ping-pong ball

3

indignation; resentment

2

significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest

2

ruling class

1

jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.); grinding noise; precisely; correctly (e.g. when working, etc.); Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)

1

in high spirits; elated

2

chihuahua

4

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

1

proper; reasonable; right; appropriate

1

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

3

militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk

2

pitch-black; jet-black

1

guillotine

2

mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2

3

sword; blade; single stroke

1

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

2

inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan

1

open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

5

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

4

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

3

judge; judgement; decision; judging (a person, situation, etc.); judgement

3

to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on

1

tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)

1

don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep

1

bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

3

full (of a container, vessel, etc.); filled to the brim; packed; filled (with people); full

3

chivalry

1

explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

3

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

increase in population; population growth

1

United Nations; UN

1

ambassador

1

commendation ceremony; award ceremony

1

speech

1

clearing one's mind of all worldly thoughts

1

open air

3

light snow

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

4

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

2

to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

6

open air

3

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit

1

stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

3

meteorite

1

to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)

1

a (single) moment; an instant

2

long ago; once upon a time

1

elderly woman

1

wooden fence; board fence

4