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scoundrel; rascal; villain

2

indescribable

7

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

4

dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

3

start; beginning

2

frequency of use

1

to compare

1

stumbling; failure; misstep; setback

1

to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood

2

expiry date; use-by date; date of expiry

1

dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot

1

shopping basket

1

eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

1

the other day; lately; recently

1

speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

2

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

2

10,000 yen note

1

total amount (of money); total sum; final sum

1

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

1

root crops; root vegetables

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

2

(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables

4

bingo

1

to seize (secure) evidence

1

before long; even now

6

to distract one's attention

1

on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness

5

waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath

1

to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

3

noise; din

1

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

to attract attention

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

twosome; duo; pair

1

police identification card

2

police officer; policeman; constable

14

pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back

3

fortune; luck

1

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

1

branch office; police box; local police station

1

police officer

2

Osaka Prefectural Police (abbr)

1

prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)

1

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

1

ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer

3

brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic

1