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clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

5

gentleman

4

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

11

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

4

reception room; parlor; parlour

3

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

3

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

11

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

3

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

61

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

government; administration

4

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

1

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

4

is not; am not; are not

20

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

1

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

2

to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart

1

spy

2

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

6

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

2

in addition; besides

2

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi

2

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

6

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

3

all over the body; from head to foot; all over

2

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

7

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

2

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

5

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

2

junior high school student; middle school pupil

3

study; diligence; discount; reduction

1

(short) rest; breather; break

2

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

4

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

1

frequent; densely packed; thick

1

thicket; coppice; brushwood

3

snake; serpent; large snake

4

animal

9

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1

(electric) torch; flashlight

19

it is not (like that) either

2

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

3