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eavesdropping

2

close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)

1

walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

2

jealousy; envy

1

mystery; mysteriousness; secret

1

good-natured; of good character

1

boisterous merrymaking; racket; spree

1

in the mountains; among the mountains

1

horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

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

1

Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

1

exploration; expedition

3

cellar; basement

6

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

4

to drag in; to pull in

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

even now; still; as yet

1

fist fight

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

jungle

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

our country; our land; one's own country

1

scholar

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting

1

convenient thing; harmonious, well-made thing; things always work out

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

1

deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter

1

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

1

to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up

1

naturally; of course; understandably

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

3

sudden change; upheaval

1

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad

1

mailing; posting

1

to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

briskly; quickly; promptly

1

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

1

notebook; memorandum; commonplace book

2

(for) one's own use; personal use; private use

1

to transcribe; to copy

2

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

3

regarding highly; attaching importance to

1