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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

2

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

3

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

5

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

3

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)

2

standing watch; sentinel

1

ten o'clock

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

3

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

4

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

1

slatted shutter; louver door (window)

1

armor; armour

1

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

9

shaft; mine; pit

4

miner

2

Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement

7

excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)

4

to dig out; to pick up

2

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

1

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

2

lower region; lower part; region below

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

7

carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness

1

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

2

lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant

1

first generation; founder

1

to store; to contain

2

blazing; fiery

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

1

lava

1

lava

1

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

1

cavern; grotto

3

how many; how old

2

cavern; cave; cave system; grotto

14

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

pickaxe

4

pickaxe

1

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

1

ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia

2

to travel about

1

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

2

Calvin

1

accomplice; cohort

3

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

1

to replace; to move; to change the position of

1

simultaneous; all at once

1

wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts

4