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looks; features

2

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

3

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

9

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

notice; attention; observation

3

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

3

to gather; to collect; to assemble

7

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

12

convenient

2

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

2

presence; sitting with; being with

12

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

4

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

3

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

3

origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

1

Claire; Clare; Clerc; Klaern; Krehl

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

6

flight; running away; absconding; elopement

2

smuggling (people); stowing away

2

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

5

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

10

comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)

3

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

2

Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad

4

gathering clouds; group of clouds

4

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing

1

to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

2

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

2

be; is

10

flight; desertion; escape

6

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

4

residence; mansion

3

hidden room; secret chamber

3

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

2

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

2

moving about; stirring about

3

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

3

matter of time; question of time

3

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

3

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

6

reference; allusion

5

mansion; residence

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

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