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convalescence

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armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

one's own room

2

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

2

fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)

1

vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

1

speck

1

the lower classes; the common people

1

generous; unstinting

1

wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

1

(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

1

rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun

1

bitter

1

beer mug; stein; tankard

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

usurer; usury; loansharking

1

textbook; manual

1

to read aloud to another

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

easy to understand

1

to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

1

reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation

1

wages; pay; rental payment

1

the intellectual class

1

brimming with curiosity

1

to differ; to vary; to disagree

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

4

to relearn; to brush up

1

while studying

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to vacate; to move out

1

vacant house; unoccupied house

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

Connie

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lightly salted

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

2

consideration; taking into account

1

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

2

one's first campaign; one's first battle

1

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

2

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

1

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

2

fifth day of the month; five days

2

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

2

keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

2

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

2

with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

1

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

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