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whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

3

low voice; whisper

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

1

persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

1

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1

concealment; suppression; hiding

2

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering

3

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

2

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

1

peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

criminal; culprit

3

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

2

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

2

to steal (from a person)

1

minutes (period of)

3

after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

2

geographic

1

local resident

1

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

1

upper reaches of a river; upstream

3

construction; establishment

6

Kazuhiro

1

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

full name

2

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

1

notice; notification

4

to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)

1

dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)

1

head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

1

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

1

son; penis

5

motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle

1

to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident

1

customer; client; patron

1

prefectural assembly member

1

simultaneous; all at once

5

demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour

2

Buddhist memorial service

1

several times; several degrees

1

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

1

to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

1

private; personal

3

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

4

measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2