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moneylending; moneylender

5

Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

20

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

20

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage); to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount

1

I; me

5

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

4

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

5

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

1

from where

1

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

5

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

tch; ugh; damn

1

who

3

Yanaka

2

small circle; small circle (of a sphere)

4

temple (Buddhist)

3

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot

4

lady; gentleman; person

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

1

accomplice; conspirator; cohort

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

3

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

3

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

3

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

5

one (thin, flat object); one sheet

1

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

8

surely; certainly

1

what kind of; what sort of; what

4

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

3

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

1

small change; pocket change; coins; small sum of money

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

2

to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong

5

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

1

various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that

1

particularly; especially; indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)

1

large amount of money; great cost

1

someone; somebody

1

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1