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care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

2

housekeeper; maid

2

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

marriage

10

to do

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

2

you; dear; honey

23

why; how

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

2

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

2

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

4

without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

1

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

1

temporary

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

2

advice

1

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

2

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

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

1

to write a novel

1

is not; am not; are not

2

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

1

as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

instinct

1

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

talent; ability

3

My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

telephone call; telephone (device)

1

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

3

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

3

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

8

honour; honor; glory; privilege

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

2

bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Ms.

2

playmate; playfellow

2

one day; (on) a certain day

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

1

according to (someone)

1

father

2

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

2