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hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

4

bundle; pack; bunch

1

first meeting; first interview with

1

memory; ability to remember

1

all altogether

1

in front of a station

1

race (of people); type of person

4

children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

4

to have a reason; to have an excuse

2

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

village

8

new system

1

target group; target persons

1

graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional

1

selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean

6

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

5

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

3

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

1

one hour

4

accomplice; henchman

1

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

2

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks

1

behavior; behaviour; manner

4

tall (of a person)

1

looks; features

5

to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished

1

coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding

1

to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

1

high rating; good reputation

1

ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

1

in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient

1

lover; lady-killer; sexy guy

1

liar; fibber

3

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

6

make no progress; remain unsettled

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

2

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

3

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity

1

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

13

earthly paradise; Shangri-la

3

peach (Prunus persica)

2

red brick

1

paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

2

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

orchestra

1

(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director

1

to scoop; to ladle out

3