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croquette

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shredded kombu; Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

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late at night; deep in the night

5

Yoshiya

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whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

4

illustrated reference book; illustrated catalog

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wetting; love affair; lover

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Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)

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thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

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Chiba Kameo (1878.9.24-1935.10.4)

2

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

3

mandolin

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person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

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billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)

1

metal basin

2

horned owl

1

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

2

Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo

2

oolong tea

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various containers; miscellaneous receptacles; small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shine are placed

1

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

1

kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)

2

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

2

to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily

1

sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup

2

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

1

grape; grapevine

1

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

2

one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

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May

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izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

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Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

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type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

2

gradually; day by day; every day; each day

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idleness; inactivity

2

night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit

2

Communist Party

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equality; impartiality; evenness

1

near; close by; within reach; familiar

1

(human) life

1

having ended; being resolved

2

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

1

Dadaist

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sensitive; susceptible; impressionable

1

to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

1

tactics

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dry wind

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depreciation; decline; fall; slump

1