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office

1

to threaten; to make threats

1

pride in one's strength or skill

1

blow; hit; stroke

1

disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

1

law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office

1

oath; vow; pledge; covenant

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

agency; intermediation

2

in public; in company

1

elder sister; effeminate man

1

care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

2

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner

1

wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

1

music room

3

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

1

period; term; interval

2

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

1

light; easy; non-serious; minor

1

big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

1

seems; I guess

2

1,000; thousand

2

baseball player; ballplayer

1

batter's box

1

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

2

law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma

1

to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)

1

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

1

another school; other schools

1

thank you very much

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme

1

to polish up; to shine up

1

attention; kind attention; courteous attention

1

three years

1

(instrumental) solo; recital

2

all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships

1

winning a prize or place (in a contest)

1

extremely talented; very gifted

1

instrumentalist; player

1

power; force

1

commotion; stir

1

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

1

hardness; stiffness

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1