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comfortable; pleasant

1

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

3

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

1

Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)

3

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

1

to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

1

great detective

3

picture scroll

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

blink (of eyes); wink

1

God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows

1

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

1

one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

1

huh; I'll be damned; well!

1

convenient; handy; useful

1

brains; brain tissue

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

Tokyo

2

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

2

to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

1

the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to

1

extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President

1

mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly

3

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

2

cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder

2

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

1

time limit

1

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

1

five o'clock

1

tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

1

charm; amulet; talisman

1

no; quit it; no way

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

2

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse

1

achoo; atishoo

1

swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately

1

settlement; solution; resolution

1

difficult case

1

to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible

1

sagacity; wisdom; intelligence

5

homes

1

Kōsuke

1

great success; huge success

2

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

2