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leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

3

the preceding visitor

1

falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy

1

dusty

1

with a smile

5

mansion; residence

1

sophistry; sophism

1

to meet with misfortune

1

bruise

1

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

1

frail; slender; feminine

3

fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation

3

taciturn

2

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

before it happens; previously

1

body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

1

several people

1

himself; he himself

9

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

3

several tens

4

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

3

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

1

dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man

1

subject of research

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

selection; screening

1

concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization

2

revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration

6

thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

1

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

1

tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

1

old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

1

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

superiority; predominance

2

outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise

1

being seen here and there; appearing in various places

1

relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance

2

to form a group; to form a bunch

1

to participate in (as a member); to get involved in

2

fragmentary

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

1

to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory

1

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

1

release; emission; ejection

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