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mannequin

2

to blacken; to darken

1

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

1

purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

1

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

2

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

shape up!; act properly!

2

in fact

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

2

traffic; traffic volume

1

twice

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off

1

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

2

murder victim; body of a murder victim

1

Kouichirō

5

reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

1

to date; as of now

1

assassin's dagger

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

2

abandonment; desertion

1

anyhow; in any case

3

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

4

to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

3

Kanagawa (prefecture)

1

aunt

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

(raw) material

2

close call; narrow escape

1

no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

1

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

2

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

1

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

1

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

1

with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)

1

to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

1

to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

1

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

2

very much; very many; more and more

1

to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

4

diary; journal

1

(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way

1

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

3

race (of people); type of person

1