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revolving door

1

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

1

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

late at night; small hours of the morning

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

to give off a stench

1

garbage dump; dump site

1

electric light

1

convenience store

1

yellow; amber

2

pedestrian crossing; crosswalk

4

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

2

to shed blood

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

2

quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

1

to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

1

start

2

pose; pause

1

easy; simple; plain

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

to raise (one's voice)

1

along; parallel to; in accordance with

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one

1

round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

3

watch stand; watcher's seat; attendant's booth (e.g. at an onsen)

5

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

2

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

4

I see; that's right; indeed

1

public bath; bathhouse

22

Yaeko

375

Kiki

1

reopening a shop after renovation; post-refurbishment reopening

2

in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

1

the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

1

men's bath; men's section in a public bath

2

women's bath; women's section in a public bath

2

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

1

changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)

6

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

2

man; male; masculine gender

1

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

3

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

2

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water

1

steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive

2

glass door

4