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(flower) vase

3

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

3

second generation; second; junior

1

six o'clock

2

No Visitors

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

12

empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)

7

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

3

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

2

Nakamatsu

2

trading company

1

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

1

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

2

second son

1

second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes

1

to close (one's eyes); to shut

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

3

relative; relation

1

ashamed

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

4

only son

1

band; belt

1

guitarist

1

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

2

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

3

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

8

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

6

authenticity; credibility

1

boyfriend; male friend

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole

1

we

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

banquet; dinner party

4

had better do so

1

opening and shutting; opening and closing

1

Agatha

1

Cristy; Kristi; Kurisuti

1

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

3

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

2

to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

1

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1