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eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

2

(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list

1

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

9

on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

1

doctor

1

(police) detective; criminal matter

1

Japan

6

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

1

peace; harmony

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

2

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

14

at times; occasionally

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

5

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

tomorrow; near future

23

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

3

Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25

2

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

9

Christmas party

4

cake

12

more than one can eat

1

cake shop; pastry shop

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

1

reaction; response; reaction

1

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

6

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

5

good feeling; feeling good

6

trivial; not amounting to much

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

1

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

go that far; to that extent

7

goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

3

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

4

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

3

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

2

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

1

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

3

empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

2

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

2