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traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

2

what's what; heads or tails

2

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

1

for one thing ...

2

to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

1

to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order

1

strait; channel

8

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

4

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

3

troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

2

admiration; being impressed (by)

2

iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

3

unkindness; unfriendliness

1

automatic

1

revolver

1

automatic

1

beginner

4

bank robbery; bank robber

1

transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

1

cops; police

4

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

11

profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately

3

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

35

household search (conducted by the police)

1

tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report

17

paper bag

2

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

5

interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox

1

custom; made or built to order; customs (government agency)

54

execution; death by execution

30

remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

14

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

2

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

2

according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates

2

to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

2

conscience

7

price; value; cost

6

wet behind the ears; inexperienced; immature

1

to believe implicitly; to believe firmly

2

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

82

power; might; authority; influence

79

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

1

more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

3

(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

14

military

5

to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)

2

one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

6