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Western-style room

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

3

piano

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

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to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

3

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

2

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

7

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

7

dance

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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to show; to display

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great laughter; burst of laughter

6

second elder brother

1

flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash

2

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

1

loincloth

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cotton print; calico

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

4

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

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wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

5

penis

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unexpected; surprising

4

success; hit

4

every month; each month; monthly

2

new book; new publication

2

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

2

journal; magazine; periodical

6

counter for books; volume

2

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

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various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

2

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

5

unusually large tree

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

7

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

3

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

1

rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

2

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1

anecdote; brief (comic) story

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

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

3

facetious; droll; funny

2

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

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