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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

8

central government agencies; central bureaucracy

2

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)

14

for example; for instance; e.g.

2

son

7

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

to tighten; to press hard

1

transactions; dealings; business

3

suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

2

profit margin

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

3

the public; general public

1

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

2

stealing

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

uproar; disturbance

3

at once; there and then; immediately

3

henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

3

all but dead; half killed

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

restaurant

1

inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers

1

dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying

1

generously; liberally; magnanimously

2

money; metal

16

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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good customer; prime customer; valued clientele

2

tyranny

1

to set up shop; to open a store

1

fate; destiny; lot

4

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

5

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

13

to have a reason; to have an excuse

2

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

2

each; every

2

ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

4

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

2

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

3

fort; stronghold; fortification

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

16

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

1

protective wall; bulwark

1

bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

1

main gate; main entrance

8

fully armed; armed to the teeth

3

day and night

1

to keep watch; to stand guard

3