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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

1

movie; film; motion picture

2

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)

1

Mouri Meijin (1966.9.7-)

1

My Fair Lady (1956 musical, 1964 movie )

1

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

2

to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

1

broke; skint

1

assistance; aid; support

1

drama; play; Chinese opera

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

1

whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

2

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

1

wealthy person

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

2

toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself

2

toilet; lavatory; powder room

2

colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

1

facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)

1

antique; vintage item

1

electric fan

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

4

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...

2

this world; this life; world of the living

1

to be born; to come into this world

1

impatience

1

high-quality goods; luxury item

1

a little bit; a little while

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

womanly; ladylike; feminine

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

3

shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited

1

Satsuki

2

cuff; armhole

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2

gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)

2

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

1

portion; section; part

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

2