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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

2

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

13

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

8

stepping stone

1

to go along; to walk along; to follow

4

lattice door

2

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

16

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

3

absence; disregard; indifference

6

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

4

to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

2

clear; bright; sunny

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

11

apron

2

wiping; drying

2

study; library; den; home office; reading room

7

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

9

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

3

paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

2

bookcase

2

to pile up; to accumulate

1

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

5

model; pattern; paragon; exemplar

1

type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

2

record; transcript

2

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

3

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

1

Shiji; Shih-chi; The Historical Records (ancient Chinese historical record)

1

The Five Classics (of Confucianism)

1

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

1

Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

1

the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

5

unhappy; sad; gloomy

2

ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging

1

paper

13

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

2

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

12

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

15

Souun

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

4

10^44; hundred tredecillion

2

Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)

1

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

3

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

3

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

2

one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat

3

complete works; complete collection; complete series

1