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putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

1

alternately; by turns

1

duty; function; office; mission; task; role

2

service; duty; work

6

payday; pay day

1

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

4

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

4

lecture

2

Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard

2

suspicious person

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

4

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

1

division

1

to pay attention; to be watchful

1

to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

3

political

1

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

1

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

tax yields; revenue

1

customs (duties); duty; tariff

1

to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)

2

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

1

to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

2

look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of

2

correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement

2

ten percent

1

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

9

lunch; midday meal

1

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

1

dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

1

lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch

2

passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy

1

after lunch

1

walk; stroll

4

water fountain

5

lion (Panthera leo)

4

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing

1

mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

1

expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)

2

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

2

to produce a sound

1

Blowin' in the wind

1

bank; coast; shore

1