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honorific/polite/humble prefix

7

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

downtown

2

miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

4

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

8

to realize; to realise

1

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

1

bet; wager; stake; gamble

1

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

5

reason; pretext; motive

5

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1

bluff

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

3

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

2

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

1

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

2

report; information

2

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

4

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

3

to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge

1

decision; determination; resolution

1

nothing but; none other than

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

to shake; to sway; to waver

2

memories; recollections; reminiscence

2

street; quarter; district; area

3

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

2

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

3

Qahirah

1

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

1

driver; chauffeur

4

price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

5

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

2

Arab; Arabian

1

Asian people; Orientals

1

cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

2

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

6

end of a road; end of a street

1

bell; bel; B

3

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

5

patient; persevering

1

once more; again

5

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

1

small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

2