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appetizer; later date; post-dating (e.g. a letter or cheque)

2

cutlery; silverware; flatware

1

lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

3

older employee who does not have much actual work

5

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

3

elf; pixy; sprite; brownie; imp; gremlin

3

heavy

1

whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other

1

modern person; people of today

1

grandpa; granddad

43

to happen to hear; to overhear

1

compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

1

travel expenses

1

new car

4

family car

1

sensibilities of the common people; ordinary people's way of thinking; popular sentiment

1

ungrateful

1

great; grate

1

Sunday

2

one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

1

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

1

faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

1

to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up

1

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

3

word; word

3

containing more onions or leeks than usual (of gyudon, etc.)

4

precious stone (esp. jade); egg (esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha

3

team play

1

bargain or clearance goods (esp. of imperfect produce)

1

normal serving; medium-sized portion

1

to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one

2

to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

2

takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out

5

student discount

1

private management

6

shopping mall

14

soupy; containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)

1

losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent

4

abyss; ravine

1

lunch time

1

circulation (esp. of documents); sending round

1

justice

1

gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)

1

many-legged; octopus-like

1

living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot

1

to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

1

guardian spirit

4

inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)

7

to explain adequately; to be accountable

2