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lifesaving

2

hair (on the head)

4

reward; prize

2

swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths

2

swimming

2

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

8

Buk (missile system)

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

2

to swim

2

detective

1

to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

1

easy; simple

1

to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more

1

to swim

1

to be found; to be discovered

2

failure story; horror story

1

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

3

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

1

gidayū reciter

1

support group; fan club; (election) committee

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

puppet show

3

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

1

rest period; intermission; break time; recess

2

hakama; man's formal divided skirt

2

support; backing

2

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

evening meal; dinner

4

time; appointed time

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

2

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

2

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

1

curtain; curtains

1

only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

2

police; police officer; police station

6

Sikh

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

2

trio; gang of three; threesome

2

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

4

suspicion

2

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

evening paper

1

criticism; critique; review; commentary

3

rest; break; recess; intermission

1

hat; cap

1

dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

1

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

1