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to look into; to peer in

1

to approach; to draw near

2

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

1

postcard; memo; note; card

2

ink

2

as soon as; right after

2

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

1

Genkai

1

open sea

1

limit; bound

1

heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog

1

deck (of a ship)

4

approx. 30 cm

1

cannot be compared with; no match for

1

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

4

hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)

10

mineral spring

2

to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

2

Kankou

1

Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)

1

to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

1

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

2

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

4

to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name

1

horseshoe

2

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

2

power; might; authority; influence

1

adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

5

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

1

rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds

1

whale (Cetacea spp.)

2

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

1

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion

1

semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon

1

sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)

1

well bucket

2

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers

1

reeling in by hand; winding by hand; transport by passing from hand to hand (e.g. in a bucket brigade); passing along a human chain; arrangements; managing

1

perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently

4

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

1

I see; that's right; indeed

3

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

2