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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

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to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

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lost articles

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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ticket examiner (collector, inspector) (in a railroad station)

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appearance; look; dress

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train; railway train

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to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

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(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

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to remember; to keep in mind

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thus

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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the whole city; all the cities; every city

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Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

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every station; local train; train that stops at every station

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police station

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

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young girl; lass; adolescent female

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criminal; culprit

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wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

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moaning; groaning

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silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

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to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain

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triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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like; as if; the same as

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newspaper

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photostat; photographic plate; photogravure

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all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

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being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

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one may well say so, but ...; even more than

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dark and desolate; forlorn

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(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

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obstinate and self-assertive

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offender; criminal

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

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to narrow; to contract

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net; netting; web

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living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

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agony; anguish

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to be exhausted

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just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

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