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2

speech meeting; oratorical meeting; meeting to hear a speech

3

representative

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bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

2

Yashiro

30

counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...

1

the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing

1

fixed date; appointed day

1

to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)

2

traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back

2

dark green

2

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

1

looks; features; beauty

1

looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

3

Mutsumi

1

to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close

2

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

thin twilled silk fabric

2

Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

3

nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

2

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

2

man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness

2

court noble; nobility; Imperial Court

1

preparation; arrangements

1

being adopted into the family of one's bride

2

land border; boundary

2

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

3

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

11

one house

2

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

3

kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

base (military, expedition, etc.)

1

caterer

1

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

4

to strain or exert oneself; to go all out

1

(public) duty

2

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

7

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this

2

everybody

1

seems; I guess

2

day of spring; spring sun

1

wet hands

1

unfinished; in progress

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bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

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bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

2

(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

4

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

7

four o'clock

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