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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

2

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

however

7

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

1

no, not like that (but like this)

1

expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

4

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

11

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

6

(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

2

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

4

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

innocent; simple-minded

1

outward appearance

4

use; utilization; utilisation; application

6

middle-aged man

1

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

3

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

smoking while walking

1

back of the hand

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

8

depending on the situation; depending on circumstances

1

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

2

the last moment; the very end

5

to pickpocket; to steal

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

4

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

2

to thrust before; to thrust at

1

how many times?

2

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

7

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

to correct oneself; to restate

3

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

3

to cover one's face

2

hotel

12

street; quarter; district; area

1

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

3

pit of the stomach; solar plexus

1

kick

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

2

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

1

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

3

to swallow; to gulp down

1

bottle

1

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

2