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that is to say; so that means

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establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

3

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

2

at times; occasionally

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

seeming very

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

2

personal computer; PC

4

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

3

a bit more; a bit longer

2

division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

6

bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

1

poisoning; addiction

1

source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear

1

secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting

2

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

2

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

5

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

3

illegal; illicit; unlawful

1

legal; lawful; legitimate

1

to mix; to put together

1

among (them); of (them)

1

doctor; physician

2

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

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

1

to be expensive; to be costly

1

mother

2

spring water; clear (pure) water

2

condition; state (of health); appearance

2

viral pneumonia

1

concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

1

to die; to pass away

4

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

seven o'clock

2

Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

4

eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)

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multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

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