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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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charm; amulet

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possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

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(vocal) volume

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

4

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

3

police; police officer; police station

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boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

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distinguished service; meritorious service

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Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)

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violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

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suspicion; charge

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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arrest warrant

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honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

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useless resistance; vain struggle

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borrowing; debt; loan

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

prison sentence (without a stay of execution)

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penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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middle-school student

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bell (often globular)

3

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

3

forest; shrine grove

3

about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

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public bath; bathhouse

3

sharing a meal

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firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)

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gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud

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one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

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visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call

3

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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strong; intense; severe

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

1

rush mat; matting; mat

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perfect; complete

2

to become completely chilled

1

that sort of; like that

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lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

1

bleak; chilly; dreary

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prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder

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warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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