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borderline; boundary

2

label; (record) label

2

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

2

tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge

2

survival; survivor; relic

1

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

1

change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment

9

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

1

menu of food items; food menu

2

what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

1

fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg

1

Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese

7

thread; yarn; string

6

empirically; from experience

1

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

3

one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness

3

Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)

1

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

1

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

2

anagram

1

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

-esque; -like; -ish

1

to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

5

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

2

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

a glance; a look; a glimpse

2

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

1

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

2

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

1

if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

1

holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail

1

return; welcome home

17

fry pan; frying pan

2

washing one's face

1

mail; postal matter; postal item

1

written notification; notification (written)

1

mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items

1

to catch one's attention

3

airmail; air mail

4

General Electric; GE

2

castle

7

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

2

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

3

plate; dish

3

a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow

4

salmon

1

herb; fragrant grass

1

roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)

8

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

3