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to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

3

to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

4

even though; despite; when

2

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

1

mere; only; just; slight

6

several seconds

2

lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period

2

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

2

bringing one's own lunch

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

3

to have an interest (in)

1

contempt; derision; slight; disdain

1

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

3

pace

2

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

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)

2

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

3

tomboy

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

6

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

to have the nerve to

3

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

distance; range

4

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

(your) daughter; young woman

2

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

6

disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

3

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

3

(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

3

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

3

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

3

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

2

(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)

2

ideal; ideals

1

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

1

to look around; to survey

3

showy; ostentatious

1

some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot

1

to get irritated

1

to glare at; to scowl at

4

(with a) start; fright; alarm

3

to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

1

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

2