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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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chief (of police); head (of office)

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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pitfall; trap; pit

2

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

4

this morning

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow

5

stepladder; steps

3

yesterday

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

4

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

5

snake; serpent; large snake

7

river; stream; River; the ... river

7

hermitage; retreat

2

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

1

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

1

eviction

1

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

1

opposition movement

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm

1

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

1

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

3

public investment

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

review; reconsideration; revision

1

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

7

established fact; fait accompli

1

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

6

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

1

forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

1

means; way; measure

1

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

8

red seal

4

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

5

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

3

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

1

to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

3

woman; female; feminine gender

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(police) detective; criminal matter

1

you

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