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pitch black

2

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

2

lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

1

every evening

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

2

assistance; backing; reinforcements

1

pearl

1

Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days

2

midday; broad daylight

1

Mitsuko

2

Hamako

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

1

tomboy

1

swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

1

new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term

1

colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

1

viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

1

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

2

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

as was expected; sure enough

1

Kamakura (city)

2

coast; beach

2

dressing room

1

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

2

to steal

1

together with ...

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

plan; strategy

1

grand; imposing; magnificent

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

2

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

2

shadow; tail; following

2

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

love letter

10

admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)

2

thank you

1

roaring

1

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

1

inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless

1

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

4

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

you; dear; honey

5

ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving

1