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100,000; hundred thousand

2

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

1

black joke; black comedy; morbid humor

1

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

2

drama; play; powerful drug

1

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

1

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

2

to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

2

matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event

1

sense; infer

2

absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely

1

coming out (as gay, etc.)

1

difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)

1

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

1

good humour (humor); good mood

4

loud voice; high-pitched voice

1

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

1

celebration; congratulations

1

practice; training

2

author; writer; novelist; artist

3

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

2

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

1

within the prefecture

1

competition; contest

1

garbage dump; dump site

1

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

1

lesson

1

flea market; free market

1

fund-raising; collection of funds

1

hand net; dip net; scoop net

1

10,000,000,000; ten billion

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

1

to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite

1

hand; hands

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

even if not; even without

4

firm; unshakeable; resolute

2

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

original intention; initial resolution

1

shoulder blade; scapula

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

2

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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