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customer traffic; customers; custom

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

1

illegal immigrant

1

bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom

1

long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

2

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

1

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

to lose one's life

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

1

choices; alternatives; options

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision

4

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

senior; older; elderly

2

parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot

1

part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

1

questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

1

how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

2

(police) detective; criminal matter

11

oh!; ah!; oh no

1

oolong tea

1

murder case

1

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

2

eavesdropping; tapping

1

forced repatriation; deportation

1

Immigration Bureau

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)

2

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

24 hours; twenty-four hours

2

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

important witness; material witness; primary witness; prime suspect

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio

2

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

2

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

1

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

1

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

1

to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)

1

to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

1

swigging; gulping down; guzzling; quaffing

1