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one act (of a play); scene; event

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to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

1

to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

2

doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness

1

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

2

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

2

divine possession; eccentricity; irrationality; fanaticism

1

he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!

1

surprise

1

batting

1

to be conceivable

1

consequently; as a result; in the end

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

1

deciding match; play-off; runoff

1

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

2

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

tens of thousands

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

overhasty; rash; premature

1

continue (option)

1

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

2

comparatively; relatively

1

tendency; trend; inclination

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

1

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

to spare time (for)

1

to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much

1

visit (from someone); call

2

hey; listen

1

whispered conversation; whispering

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

1

thereupon; therefore; because of that

2

extremely troubled; very puzzled

1

big problem; major issue; big controversy

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

bow; bowing

1

ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front

3

verbalization; putting into words

2

children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head

8

(licensed) red light district

2

prostitute; harlot

5

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

1

bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving

1

red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1