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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

3

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

1

week

1

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

Urachi

72

famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

19

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

1

Seijirou

1

Haruko

1

husband and wife; married couple

1

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

inlet; seashore; beach

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

1

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

1

smooth

1

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

2

sorry; excuse me; thank you

2

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

moreover; in addition

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

2

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

2

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

1

loud voice

1

driver; chauffeur

4

to be touching; to be moving

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

1

to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

to shake; to sway; to waver

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

4

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

cause unknown

1

repeated occurrence

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

1

nature; character

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1