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to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

2

opinion; view; comment

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

3

to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

1

Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

apartment building; block of flats; condominium

1

president (of a society); chairman

1

granddaughter

2

number one; first; best; most; game; round

2

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

1

young girl; lass; adolescent female

2

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

2

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

1

Matsushiro

2

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

Japan's best; number one in Japan

5

that; those; the

5

Kuroyanagi

2

master; teacher; stable master

2

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

1

cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable

1

examiner

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

at once; immediately; right now

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

3

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

16

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

2

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

1

sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

1

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

3

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

top; summit; vertex

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

1

hey; say; look

2

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

2

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

1