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desire to travel

2

co-sleeping; sleeping together

2

lullaby

1

indicates emphasis

1

city

2

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night

4

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

4

to do

1

evening; early night hours

8

sea breeze; beach wind

1

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

3

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

8

freedom; liberty

6

troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble

1

too (much); overly; excessively

8

to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead

1

as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

4

next spring

1

row of houses; each house; every house; every door

1

Tokushima (city, prefecture)

4

udon restaurant

2

paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp; taxi roof light

5

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

1

parent and child

11

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

2

to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty

8

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

2

spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu

2

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

4

to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped

9

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

2

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

9

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

rough sketch

1

some; several; many; how many; how much; very

3

brown; light brown; tawny

7

storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue

1

yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)

2

sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey

3

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

12

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

4

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

3

early in the morning

2

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

7

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

4