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mother-in-law

1

to pick on; to tease

1

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

5

Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)

2

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

2

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

2

revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change

2

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

1

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

2

like this; this sort; this way

2

despair; hopelessness

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

2

inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty

1

proper; appropriate; due; suitable

1

that's the way it is; such is life

4

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

3

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

this sort of

2

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer

2

last days; the end; one's fate

2

in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever

3

being very busy; busyness

3

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

2

most; extremely

2

serious crime; grave crime

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer

1

torture; pains (of hell)

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

1

thousand-fold

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

1

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

main event

1

all; everyone; everybody

7

knowing; (an) acquaintance

3

picture book

3

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

must not; do not

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

7

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

8

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

5

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

2

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

29

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

brushwood; firewood

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild

3