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trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

3

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

2

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

to think of; to come up with

1

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

7

large amount of money; great cost

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

1

smell of something rotten; rotten smell

1

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

illegal; illicit; unlawful

9

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

17

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

1

agency; intermediation

2

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

3

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

1

practicality; utility; usefulness

1

travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

1

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

2

to be able to conceal

2

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

manners; etiquette

1

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

2

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

directly opposite; right in front

1

place of destination

2

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

2

latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener

1

to aim at

1

thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

2

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

4

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

1

to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

1

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

1

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

1

that's so, isn't it

1

to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

2

professional

2

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1