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special case; exception

2

joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment

3

(find) common (meeting) ground

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

5

cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down

2

waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

4

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

5

depression; low spirits; dejection

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

1

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

2

complete set; all; everything

2

uniform

9

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

6

to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves

1

bold; daring; audacious

1

to be reflected in a mirror

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

3

wage; recompense

24

suddenly; abruptly; quickly

2

to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

2

south

24

luckily

1

unluckily

2

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

1

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

4

with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

1

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

3

ten-odd; a dozen or so

2

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

2

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

7

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

6

yawn; yawning

6

three times

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

8

official name; formal name

1

great physical power; animal strength

1

Shikako

1

occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

2

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

6

travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

1

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

1

reply; response; answer

1

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

1

appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance

2