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forelock; bangs

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

4

large two-wheeled wagon

1

keeping accounts; balancing accounts

1

favor; favour; affection

1

packing; baling; crating

2

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

2

another idea

1

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

3

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

the preceding visitor

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

11

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

4

hey there; I say; see here

1

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

2

gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

10

both; (not) either

1

even if; even though; however; no matter how

2

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

always; at any time

1

convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

1

to build (a nest); to nest

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

7

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

3

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

7

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

3

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

1

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

2

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

9

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

to steal

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

7

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

2

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

2

deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

1

sand; grit

1

since; henceforth

3

to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious

2

provoking; offensive

3

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

2

to talk volubly

1

15; fifteen

2

16; sixteen

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

profit; earnings

5

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

2