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rank insignia

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to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

2

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

1

call; invitation

1

middle-aged man

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Parkhurst

5

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

3

he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

2

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

2

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

1

fortune; luck

2

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

2

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

3

to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

2

in terms of; from the point of view of

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

2

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

3

blink (of eyes); wink

2

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

1

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

1

harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

2

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

2

sumptuous feast; debauch

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

hateful; detestable; loathsome

1

how many months?; how long?

1

beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

2

court-martial

1

trial; judgement; judgment

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

1

disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight

1

popularity

3

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

future prospects; promise

1

to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

1

to become settled; to be fixed

1

there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

1

certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

mother

2

adult; grown-up

5

to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

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