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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

2

estimate (of costs); budget

4

committee member

3

to answer a question

2

campaign (vote-getting) speech (for a candidate)

1

advice; warning

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

announcement; notice

2

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

4

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

9

flexible; lithe; soft; pliable

1

established reputation

1

to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

1

deviation; departure; omission

1

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

2

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

1

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

1

to thank

2

to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to

1

thanks; gratitude

3

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

1

illustrated map

1

Houshou

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to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

1

verbal dispute

1

superior; better

3

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

competition

1

listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

1

lecture

1

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

1

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

pile; accumulation

3

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

crude tactics; smattering of knowledge

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

explanation of aim (esp. of a legislative bill); rationalization

1

clapping hands; applause

5

assembly hall; the House

6

whole surface; entire

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

2

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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