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confidentially; privately; off the record

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certainly; surely; definitely

3

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

3

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

2

laws (of nature); (divine) providence

3

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

2

to face on; to look out on to

1

west side; west bank

1

northwest

1

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

1

map; atlas; chart; plan

2

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

second half; latter half

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

(Shinto) priest

1

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)

2

Muromachi period (1336-1573)

2

break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

1

Tachiuri

1

each; (arch.) you (plural)

3

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

1

to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route

2

patrol

1

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

2

armband; arm band; brassard

3

reduction by half; halving

1

hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist

1

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

1

police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup

1

cold wintry wind

1

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

1

clock; watch; timepiece

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

late at night

1

twelve o'clock; midnight; noon

1

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

1

(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

2

late-night show; midnight broadcast

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

2

shoes

2

program (e.g. TV); programme

2

mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation

2

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

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