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posing a question; question

3

fair copy; clean copy

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

3

to open the door

1

to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

1

broom

1

metal bat

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

3

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls

4

(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming

1

beginning of spring

4

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

1

visitor

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meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

2

you can never be too careful

1

pie; tart

2

a (one) box

1

piggybacking marketing; method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.)

1

general (civil engineering and construction) contractor

2

compulsory execution; forcible execution

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

2

will; testament; last request

1

transfer; assignment; conveyance

2

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

3

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

2

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily

1

dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)

4

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

1

(distant) howling; backbiting

1

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

1

person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired

1

rage; fury

2

unluckily

1

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

1

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

1

to be pleased; to be in a good mood

1

whispered conversation; whispering

1

to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do

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softly; mildly; gently; politely

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to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

2

recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

2

true state; actual condition; reality

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