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conviction; belief; confidence

4

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

2

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

2

fence

1

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

1

telephoto lens

1

engineer; technician

1

deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

lotus root

1

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

1

to talk to oneself; to mutter

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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ago; since; before; previous

2

Hakodate Airport

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

intercom; interphone

1

Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary

3

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

2

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

4

childish; child-like; immature; infantile

1

that's so, however ...

1

formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave

2

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

1

silent; mute; dumb

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor

2

Tsuneyuki

1

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

1

concern; interest

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

each; every

1

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

1

lighting equipment

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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video camera; video camcorder

4

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

2

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

1

to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

2

to push aside; to brush aside

3

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

3

a help; assistance

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really; truly

4

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

3

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

6

shape up!; act properly!

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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