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underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

4

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

3

to pluck; to pick; to tear

1

real hair; one's own hair

1

no-good man; (male) loser

1

demotion; downgrading

1

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

1

dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

15

to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow

1

a respectful bow

1

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

1

nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement

4

to look away; to turn away

5

dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal

1

sense of security

1

to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff

1

competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

1

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

1

is something that; is that which

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

results (of a study)

1

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

4

short time

1

to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

9

having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension

1

skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower

1

close; intimate; on good terms

4

to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

3

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

2

always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop

1

splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

5

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

4

bing-bong bang-bong (Big Ben chimes, used as a bell in Japanese schools)

2

proud; haughty; arrogant

2

rave reviews; extremely high praise

1

raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged

1

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

1

theory

9

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

8

ringtone

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

4

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

5

thoroughly; through and through

1

very interesting; of great interest

3

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

2

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

6

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

3

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1