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preface; introduction; preamble

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to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal

1

university student; college student

1

comatose state

1

assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault

5

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

2

mother

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

3

younger sister

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family; members of a family

6

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

5

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

3

covered with; stained; smeared

1

reliance; dependence

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

2

labor; labour; exertion; diligent service

1

scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

1

income; receipts; revenue

2

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

girl friend; girlfriend

6

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

coma; dead sleep

4

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

3

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

2

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

3

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

2

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

2

to smash up; to defeat crushingly

1

end goal; final target

1

police; police officer; police station

8

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

10

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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offender; criminal; culprit

3

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

5

territory

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group (usu. of people)

3

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

ridiculous; odd

2

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

4

to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

2

illegal; unlawful

3

to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

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large-scale

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complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled

3

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2

chief; main; principal; important

2

source of income

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