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to make a profit

1

clear sky; cloudless sky

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness

2

wealthy person

1

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

1

thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient

5

group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group

2

friction; discord; strife

3

one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

3

envy

2

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

5

pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment

1

other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition

3

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

5

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

6

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

2

to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back

9

real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)

1

silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark

1

first day (e.g. at work, school); day one

1

attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type

2

from there; thence

1

balcony; veranda; verandah; porch

3

to be exposed to wind; to (go out to) get some air

3

to be deep in talk

4

noisy; boisterous

3

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

4

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

2

year before last

1

sum total; total amount

3

big problem; major issue; big controversy

1

evidence; proof

9

detail

1

school for the disabled; special school

1

(school) class

4

system; institution; organization; organisation

2

higher education; tertiary education

1

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-

3

still; even now

2

complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict

2

shrinkage; cotton crepe

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

5

crayfish (esp. the Japanese crayfish or red swamp crayfish); crawfish

9

(small crunchy) dried sardines

2

muddy water; red-light district

5