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to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

2

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

2

ball-point pen

2

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

2

low voice; whisper

1

blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

1

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

2

precious; valuable

1

to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)

1

one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

2

secret; private; surreptitious

1

zone; area; belt; region

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

2

detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation

1

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

14

foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

1

periodic; regular; routine

1

cleaner; janitor

1

cleaning; scrubbing

1

granule; particle

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

1

glass fiber; glass fibre

1

sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

1

to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

1

lounge; hostess club

1

seven

2

fifteen; 15

5

in case of; at that time; at this time

3

station premises

5

public telephone; pay phone

6

top (of a flight of stairs); end (of a moving walkway); exit door (e.g. of a bus); steps down (from a bus, etc.)

1

to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

9

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

7

folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

12

to get between; to be caught in

2

hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand

2

small; fine; detailed; stingy

1

edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

1

yellow tint

1

fading; faded colour; faded color

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

3

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

6

but; however; provided that

2

handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

1