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precisely because

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

2

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see

4

to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound

1

administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor

2

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

3

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

5

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

2

to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

2

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

6

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

1

work; operation; task

1

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

1

briskly; quickly; promptly

3

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

2

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

1

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

3

four people

8

extensive; spacious

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

6

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

3

red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist

3

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

2

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

3

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

3

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

2

sports-minded; sports-oriented

1

club activities; extracurricular activities

1

duty; role; function

7

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time

2

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

1

sense of responsibility

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

3

naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless

1

skin diving; free diving

2

to try to do; to attempt to do

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

1

after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

1