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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

1

to be erected; to be built

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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only; merely; just; at most; no more than

2

good grief

2

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

3

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

1

voice; cry; shout

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

wicked tongue; abusive language

1

national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level

1

stardom

1

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

2

squid ink

1

seafood

1

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

1

travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

1

smooth sailing

1

unbeatable; invincible; irresistible

1

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

I; me

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south

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Gifu (city, prefecture)

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

just as one wishes

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your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right

1

lady; ready

6

top star (esp. male lead role in the all-female Takarazuka musical theater troupe); major celebrity

2

Stig

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many; a lot; much; multitude

1

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

6

night sky

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stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

3

some; several; many; how many; how much; very

1

years; time

1

to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate

1

shining

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thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

all (there is); as long as there is

2

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

3

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

2

let's go

2

break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit

3

festival; feast; carnival

4

Winter Triangle (asterism)

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