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materials; data; document

10

klik; plock

4

punk rock

1

when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)

2

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

1

measurements; weighing

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

gram; gramme

2

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

sour; acid

1

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

not understanding; not knowing

1

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

2

was; were

12

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

4

you

11

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

intro; introduction

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

quiz

1

to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

1

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking

1

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

3

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

9

for military use

1

be; is

1

New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)

2

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

1

100,000; hundred thousand

2

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

5

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

reason; cause; circumstances

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

7

1000 yen

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type

11

newspaper extra

24

two; 2

3

zero; nought

6

please (give me); please (do for me)

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1