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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

3

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

2

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

5

job description; job specification; job content

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

6

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

10

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

8

bathroom with a large bath (in a hotel, hot spring resort, etc.)

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

3

if it's the case

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

9

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

2

open air

2

tee-hee

8

spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety

4

highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

3

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

2

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy

1

favor; favour; affection

1

to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

1

accommodation; lodging

1

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

1

yourself; himself; herself

1

in person; personally; (do) oneself

5

brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

1

(not) even once; (not) ever

2

with a friendly grin; smilingly

2

natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

2

preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery

1

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

1

welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

1

to make tea

1

gratuity; tip

3

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

15

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

3

amount of money; sum

3

gold coin

12

coin; hard currency

1

100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8

1

change; money exchange

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

cake or snack served with tea

2

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

wrapping paper

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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