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with a friendly grin; smilingly

2

cube sugar; sugar cube

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

2

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

5

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

1

zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

3

lake (in place names)

2

yesterday

2

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

8

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

1

near; close; beside; third person

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

2

and; as well as

1

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

2

to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus); pond skater; water strider

1

ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

2

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

2

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

5

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

7

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

3

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

2

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

3

house; hall; building

2

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

soviet; Soviet Union

1

movie; film

10

Central Asia

2

smoke from human habitations

1

thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

2

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

perpetuity; eternity

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

2

desolate (e.g. plains); ruined

2

vague; obscure; vast; boundless

1

nihility; nothingness

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