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unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

behind one's back

2

in this way; like this

4

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

1

public telephone; pay phone

1

to telephone; to make a phone call

4

working on a day off

1

details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances

2

real estate agent; realtor

5

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

3

trespasser

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

3

Western confectionery

2

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

1

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

to be needed; to be wanted

2

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

2

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness

2

father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

all you want; as much as one wants

1

masochist; masochism

1

repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)

1

judo gi; judo uniform

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

9

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

4

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

1

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

1

folding chair (with tubular metal frame)

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

dialect; provincialism

1

Disneyland

1

two days before; day before yesterday

1

major cleanup; spring cleaning

2

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

dim; gloomy

3

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

3

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

1

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

1

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

1

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

5