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high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood

2

system; institution; organization; organisation

2

trustee; councillor (councilor)

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

1

call; visit

1

feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

1

sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.

4

takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out

1

declaration; statement

1

to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden

2

opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road

1

business suit

3

sloping shoulders

1

gasping

2

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

1

naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

outer garment

2

clasp; latch; catch; fastener

2

to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent

2

pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent

1

passage; path; route; one's way

1

while passing each other

2

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

2

weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful

1

sedan

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)

1

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

good policy; wise policy; best plan

3

judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

1

to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow

1

without saying a word

1

anyone and everyone; anybody at all

1

without thinking of the consequences

1

to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

2

raid; assault; attack

2

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

4

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

2

Chōko

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)

1

to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)

2

sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

4

one year and a half

1

to exert oneself; to make efforts

1

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

1

proud; haughty; arrogant

3