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that year; same year; same age

2

city-bred

1

counter for wheels and flowers

2

mother

1

age; era; period; date

5

society; public; community; social studies

6

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

1

(power of) resistance

1

prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

2

to subsist; to keep on living

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

5

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

9

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

2

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

9

precedent; example

1

one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

1

three wheels

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

3

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

1

two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess

1

(haiku) poetry pals

1

sumo wrestler; rikishi

1

situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink

1

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

2

service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry

1

taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening

1

geisha

2

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

1

play; drama

3

large attendance; full house; capacity audience

1

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

3

one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity

5

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

2

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

1

ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)

1

to show

2

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

8

travel expenses

2

to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

5

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

(uncultured) country samurai

1

great difference; major mistake

1

good at socializing; sociability; being a good mixer

2

broad street; main street; avenue; boulevard

1

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2