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to save up (money)

1

three years

1

mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

4

drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity

1

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

5

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

customer one has never met before; first-time customer

1

charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price

1

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

1

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

5

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

1

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

2

splendidly; brilliantly

1

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

2

humming a tune; humming unconcernedly

1

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

3

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

2

to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division

1

wrestler; rikishi

8

scandal; deplorable event

1

the world of sumo

2

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

2

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

2

protection money

1

to not amount to much

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

just one person; only one

1

to sell

2

from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)

1

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

2

nothing but; none other than

1

even though; despite; when

2

store interior; inside of a shop

2

shade

1

outdoors; outside

1

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

2

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)

3

helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink

1

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

3

nod; inclination of the head

1