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fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

2

wheat bran

2

foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity

2

iron kettle

1

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

2

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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preparation; arrangements

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feeling; mood

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map

1

rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan

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pocket watch

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

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to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

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shortcut

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

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before long; even now

2

forte; strong point

1

steam; vapour; vapor

1

going into a frenzy; flying into a rage

3

hot flash; rush of blood to the head

1

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

1

going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work

1

millstone; mortar

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kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

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sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

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to arrange (flowers); to plant

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

5

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer

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(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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

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troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

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dandruff

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looking tipsy; seeming drunk

3

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

3

gold watch

2

everything; anything; nothing

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

3

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

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to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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last (year); yesterday

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to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of

1

wallet; billfold; purse; handbag

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white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

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