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investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

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protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet

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liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity

5

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

2

hmm; I see; hrm

6

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

2

unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

1

narcotic; drug; dope

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illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking

2

visa

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noted doctor; excellent physician

1

to be selected (from among many people)

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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anything and everything; just about everything

3

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

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prison sentence (without a stay of execution)

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to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

1

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

4

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

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open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

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policeman's rope; arresting (a criminal)

1

to need; to call for; to require

1

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

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Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language

1

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

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passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

1

example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

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to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

2

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

3

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

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withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

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to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan

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short time

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

road construction; roadworks; road repairs

1

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

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way out; means to escape; escape route

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan

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lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

2

public telephone; pay phone

1

subway; metro; underground (railway)

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

2

to shake one's head (in denial)

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