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putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

2

broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

1

depreciation

1

enlargement; increase

3

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

21

light brown; tawny

2

cardboard; thick paper

1

Morales

1

business use; office use

1

manual transmission; MT; megaton; megatonne; magnetic tape; master tape; medical technologist

1

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

5

money

8

present; gift

9

to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

2

see you; bye; ciao

2

birthday present

2

to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)

2

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

5

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

calamity; disaster; accident

1

personal accessories (ornaments, adornments)

4

diary; journal

19

to keep a diary

9

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

3

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

5

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

2

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

1

sense of purpose

4

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

that day; the very same day

11

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

5

trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

1

residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer

3

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

8

accidental death; casualty

5

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

14

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

5

penalty for contract breach; forfeit

2

advance payment; money paid in advance

2

Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)

1

referral fee; introduction fee

1

objective

5

being in love with each other

2

half killed

4

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

4

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

2

to shake; to waver; to tremble

1

consequently; as a result; in the end

2