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jurisdiction

1

blank (ticket); unsuccessful lottery ticket

2

the fifth

1

top university; leading university; first-rate university

1

righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)

1

vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce

1

desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

1

graduation examination; graduation test

1

taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

4

detective agency; enquiry agency

4

adjournment

2

police drama (television); detective drama

1

to pierce; to penetrate

1

to send word

1

to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things

2

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

1

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

1

investigator; examiner

1

slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid

1

business hours; opening hours; office hours

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

year before last

1

lottery; lottery ticket

2

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

1

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

13

the road home

1

imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign

1

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

3

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

3

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

2

as one promised

1

plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)

17

consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

1

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

1

path; lane

3

handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness

4

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

1

change of occupation; career change

1

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

1

joke; gag

1

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

1

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

1

training (esp. in-service); induction course

1

Sasaki

16

indeed; it's no wonder

1

uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky

1

adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

1

cuttlefish; squid

4