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suspicious; doubtful

1

of Asian descent

1

preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

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confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

dangerous position; peril

3

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

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to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

to attack; to assault; to assail

7

big shot; higher-ups

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daughter

4

only daughter

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serious illness; dangerous disease

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to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

2

to try all possible means

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

2

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

4

official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

2

medical care; medical treatment

1

important post; important office; key position

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1,000,000,000; billion

2

over-fond parent; doting parent

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roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

2

specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

1

from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

3

in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

5

dictionary of terminology; glossary

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reading comprehension

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process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

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to grumble; to gripe; to complain

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acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

2

stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)

2

in the city

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to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

2

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

2

because

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strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

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curse; spell; malediction

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

3

magical; sorcerous; supernatural

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