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to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

2

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

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wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

2

single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)

3

obstruction; inhibition

2

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

1

set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo

2

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

helping hand; help; support; aid

1

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

1

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

2

urban legend

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

7

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

2

news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

2

friend; acquaintance

1

police station

1

(police) detective; criminal matter

8

police identification card

1

suspicion; charge

4

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

2

warrant; summons; written order

2

court; courthouse

1

publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)

1

affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)

1

physical restraint (e.g. by police); (taking into) custody; detention

1

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

3

medicines; drugs

1

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

1

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

2

to sidle up to

1

thump; clang; clank

1

to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

3

(at the) window

1

uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

1

fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

1

important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

1

bitter experience

1

conspiracy theory

1

stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

3

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

2

crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

1

extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

2

ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

1

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

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