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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

2

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

2

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

2

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

3

way (of doing); manner; method; means

3

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

2

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

while; during (the time when)

6

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

2

to run around

1

to ask; to enquire; to query

2

material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

1

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

2

each; respectively

6

question; inquiry; enquiry

3

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to

1

next day

5

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

2

reading and writing

3

ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

1

literacy rate

1

cost; expense

2

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

2

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

1

dealing with; coping with

1

after; later

1

to reread; to read again

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

2

note; memo; memorandum

3

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

1

for this reason

10

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

5

easy; simple; light

3

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

in those days

1

sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

4

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

1

to cover one's face

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

even now; still; as yet

1

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1