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valley

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

35

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

12

say; well; um; er

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

big; large; great

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

4

by means of; due to; because of; according to

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

1

office

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

2

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

3

I; me

13

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

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

1

in this way; thus; such; uh...

1

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

7

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

1

on the line; borderline

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

3

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

10

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

5

real name

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

2

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

10

family; members of a family

1

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

4

friend

1

name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext

1

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

5

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

name; given name; first name

1

I see; that's right; indeed

1

however

1

inlet; cove; creek; bay

3

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

3