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to praise (someone of lower status)

apartment too small to be legally rented out, and hence let as office or storage space

traditional Korean clothing

sounding out the intentions or wishes of someone

stretch mark (caused by obesity)

to be caught in a dilemma

if you are free

practical search for the truth

connection

ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)

within the bounds of common sense

high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)

cross-cut sawtooth oak charcoal (resembling chrysanthemum flowers, and used in tea ceremonies)

to be meant for each other (of a man and woman)

decrease in income and profit

European campaign (esp. soccer)

principle of discretionary prosecution (the right of a public prosecutor to exercise discretion in cancelling prosecution)

seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy

ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship)

snap election

official test for a secretarial qualification

reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances

regional enteritis

samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

additional cover

floe

histopathology

Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)

lifesaver

premature alopecia