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interception (email); wiretap; bug

2

great difference; big difference; wide margin

1

to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

3

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

2

indirect

1

going together

3

one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

1

news article

1

several months

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

to begin; to set about; to start

3

packing; baling; crating

2

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

2

of no avail; useless

1

street; quarter; district; area

3

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

2

Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

3

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

59

Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)

2

number of persons; personnel

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

2

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)

3

heinous

1

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

1

utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

1

to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager

2

silence

1

rebirth; reincarnation

1

depending on; dependent upon; relying on

1

valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch

1

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

1

strong interaction; strong force

2

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

preface; introduction; preamble

1

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

1

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

1

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting

1

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

1

advance preparations

2

camouflage

1

timewise; temporal; chronal

3