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using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

2

traces; evidence

2

rent; tear; split

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

2

fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures

1

wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

1

child

1

ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia

1

short and stout; small but wide around

1

newcomer; tyro

1

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

1

before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

1

confession

1

on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

1

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

1

oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity

1

altogether; entirely

1

(social) class; rank; grade

2

clientele

1

complete change; about-face

1

sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

5

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

2

springwear; New Year's clothes

2

listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance

1

licking; dead drunk; blind drunk

1

tap; knock; bonk

2

Yoshichō

2

geisha house

2

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

2

7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side

1

to become vulgar; to coarsen

2

joke

1

variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

4

now; nowadays

2

only; nothing but

2

sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

9

(social) position; status

3

name; given name; first name

5

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

8

downstream

1

to move (house); to change residence

5

long (time); protracted; prolonged

3

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

3

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

2

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

3

height; stature

1

wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

3