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indeed; it's no wonder

2

to obtain; to procure

2

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

huge; big; gargantuan

1

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1

eight o'clock

1

attendance; presence; appearance

3

ten o'clock

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

1

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

1

earnestly

2

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

1

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

1

means; is; as for

1

(political) power; authority; influence

4

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

national policy

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

3

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

1

chance (of success); odds

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

2

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

1

crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

1

erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

2

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

4

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

3

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

3

tax; duty

2

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

2

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness

1

(a) few; some; several

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

2

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

2

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

third day of the month; three days

2

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

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a bit more; a bit longer

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broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)

2

scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)

2

title

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chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

2

electrical system

1

inspection; examination; checking

1