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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

2

zip fastener; slide fastener; Zipper (tradename)

1

connection; link; relationship

2

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much

3

guardian; protector; patron; parent

7

gable

2

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

1

feeling of satisfaction

3

cloudy sky; overcast sky

1

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

5

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

3

writer

2

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

13

Zippo

2

staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover

1

guess; conjecture

2

neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance

5

noise; din

5

box of cakes

3

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

3

gambling

1

to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

1

wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward

2

partitioning screen

5

to waver in one's resolution

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

5

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

2

item; something that one "just has to have"

1

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!

4

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

2

to narrow; to contract

1

scenery; scene; landscape

4

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

1

junior high school student; middle school pupil

1

allergy

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

preparation; provision; guarding

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

in a good mood; cheerful

2

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute

1

according to (someone)

1

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

right now; just now

2

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

2

It's nothing!; Don't mention it!

1

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

incompetent; have no merit

1