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need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs

1

fighting against an illness

1

death from cold; freezing to death

1

homosexual

1

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

2

baseless; groundless

1

food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

1

easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap

3

to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

1

to fit (inside something)

1

garlic (Allium sativum)

1

three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

headphone; headphones

1

classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics

3

Beethoven

1

movement

1

mods (early '60s subculture)

7

Yokohama (city)

1

young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku

1

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood

1

musical instrument

2

The Jam

1

jam

3

very loud volume; megavolume

3

The Velvet Underground

2

pop art

1

Andy Warhol

2

banana

1

rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)

3

Sonic Youth

1

Gerhard Richter

3

candle

1

East Germany (1949-1990); German Democratic Republic

1

largest amount of money; maximum amount of money

1

successful bid; winning a tender

1

sonic

1

lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward

3

public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

2

to take up employment

1

to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)

1

soot

2

at some point in the past; at some stage

1

Nobel Prize

1

Fields Medal

1

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

artificial; unnatural

3

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

1

not easy; not lenient

1

turning point

1