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stealthily; secretly

1

other than; excluding; without

1

coordinate; coordinates

1

check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out

1

spring water

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

2

might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...

1

to burn; to get fired up

8

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

outcast; odd man out; pariah

1

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

ten years; decade

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

2

posture; position; stance

1

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over

1

knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning

3

moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant

5

to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

1

to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

2

beautiful voice

2

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

1

in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean

2

to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

harmony

1

heat; warmth; sultriness

1

to smile (at someone)

1

tee-hee

8

shit!; damn!

1

abusive language

1

to go back

1

several days later

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rebel army

3

to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in

2

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

3

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

1

youth; young man

1

Aldo

6

credit check

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1