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cotton pants

2

net (in go); geta

1

textbook

1

ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire

1

arm wrestling; Indian wrestling; wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill

3

Hamaguchi

3

Mano

10

defense; defence

2

Nishikata

235

telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin

3

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

1

hopscotch

4

squid tentacles

1

Tsukimoto

3

enteric bacteria; intestinal bacteria

1

unidentified flying object; UFO

1

to overcut

1

reading vertically down horizontal text (e.g. as a simple code)

3

Cauchy

1

one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)

1

running shoes

1

Dodge

7

Tanabe

4

large

1

long stay

1

own goal

1

treadmill

1

waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

2

sports test

2

to make (someone) do; to allow (someone) to; to let; to allow; to be permitted to; to do; (arch.) swidden

1

campfire

1

Takao

2

Nakai

8

offerings; offerings and worship

1

jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

2

eyebrow

5

fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student

1

a certain somebody; you-know-who

1

strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

1

snack break; snack time

1

drone beetle (scarabaeid beetle) (Rhomborrhina japonica)

1

hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible

1

victory

3

April Fools' Day; April fool

3

The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

2

famous brand of sake; choice sake

1

rice seedling

16

Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

1

Naha (city in Okinawa)

1

sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child

1