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lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

2

saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

1

suspicious person

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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to redeem (from sin); to save

1

detour; roundabout way

1

deceiving; cheating; fooling

1

place of destination

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soul; spirit

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to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

1

envelope

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place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket

1

brown envelope; manila envelope

1

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

1

secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away

1

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

1

outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something

1

bright; intelligent

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

2

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

main question; real issue at hand

1

Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

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taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge

3

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

3

to begin to attend (e.g. school)

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(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

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to happen to pass by

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place for relaxation and refreshment

2

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

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this year

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April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

2

(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

2

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

1

to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

3

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

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dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age

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outside one's jurisdiction

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investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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