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to attract attention; to come into the limelight

1

vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

1

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

3

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

1

fan letter; fan mail

2

to form a group; to form a bunch

1

opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

1

arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

2

letter; missive; note; mail

6

debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

4

slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse

9

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

2

miscalculation

1

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

2

proportion

2

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

1

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

2

slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

6

complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation

1

fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

2

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate

1

(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.); bad guy

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

3

acute ear; good ear

1

bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

7

headwind; adverse wind

2

occupations dependent on public favor (favour)

3

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

4

to select; to pick out

1

counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.

1

a few hours

2

doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

1

guard; girder bridge

6

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

3

to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

2

to resound; to make a stir

1

correction; revision; amendment

3

to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit

2

to close; to shut

7

wristwatch; watch

2