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dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained

3

registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record; writing down; noting down

2

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

hard struggle; strenuous effort

1

diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work

1

to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

1

second division; secondary division

1

field; plain; prairie; moor

2

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

2

Mali

2

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

eagle (Accipitridae family)

1

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

2

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

at times; occasionally

8

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

3

wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty

15

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

1

sense; infer

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

4

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry

1

last year

2

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Cock; hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); west; eight month of the lunar calendar

2

one year; some time ago

5

late spring; third month of the lunar calendar

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

2

to store; to contain

2

not getting a reply

1

leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

2

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

4

tombstone; gravestone

3

walking (with heavy steps); tramping; lumbering; clumping

1

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

2

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

2

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

5

Zoushigaya

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

8

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

1

bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient

4

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

2

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

1

two ken (approx. 3.6m)

2

sailcloth; canvas

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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