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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

2

with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly

1

we; us

41

being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

1

friendly relations; social relations; social life

1

to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick

1

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

1

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

1

future trouble

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

26

guard; sentinel; garrison

3

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

5

to be ordered (to do)

2

questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

3

in case of; at that time; at this time

1

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

2

violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault

2

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

3

both (people); the two of them

1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

2

something like ...; something called ...

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

and; thereupon; because of that

6

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

3

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

1

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

2

to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)

1

and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

1

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

2

leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

2

battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)

2

means; is; as for

18

short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

1

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

5

unlucky

1

cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

1

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

1

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

2

on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

1

be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation

1

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

felony; serious crime

1

weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs

1