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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

6

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

1

absolute

4

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

passport

2

to be silent; to say nothing

3

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

3

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

2

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1

value; worth; merit

4

one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)

2

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

1

society; public; community; social studies

17

wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

7

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

1

binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money

1

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

2

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

1

to turn towards; to point

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to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

10

pocket

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cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

2

to indicate; to show; to point to

3

magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand

4

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

9

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

3

anteroom; antechamber

1

rack or hanger for hanging kimono, coats, etc.

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

3

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

2

to drop; to let fall; to omit

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

16

to do so; to do thus

1

she; her; girlfriend

8

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

2

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

2

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

to sew on

1

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

3

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

10

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

1

Tianjin (China)

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

13

I; me

12

soldier; sailor

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