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to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to look on with folded arms

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arrival

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jurisdiction; control

1

several people; a few people

1

walking; going on foot

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

8

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

7

full of troubles, difficulties

1

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

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arrival

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careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

2

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

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Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

2

cannot be helped; unavoidable

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to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

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to rebuke; to scold harshly

1

how many people; a number of people

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

4

accident; emergency; calamity

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

5

taking; accepting; receipt; leaving; departure; withdrawal

1

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

2

member of a theatrical troupe

2

as one of

1

show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business

3

to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

2

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

2

going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing

1

how much; how many; however

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search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

3

old man

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latest style

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Browning

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absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

1

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

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fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

2

imperial university; university founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939; Imperial University (name of the University of Tokyo between 1886 and 1897)

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graduate; alumnus; alumna

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government service; government employ

1

opening a business; opening a practice

1

very strange (mysterious, weird); bizarre; monstrous; outrageous

1

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

young literary enthusiast

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paranoia

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eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

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phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

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to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)

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