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superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

5

make; workmanship; preparation

1

pride; boast

2

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

4

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

3

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

2

pawnshop

1

to return; to come back

9

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

great difference; major mistake

2

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something

2

literally; to the letter; literal

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)

1

noh song

1

master; teacher; stable master

1

hack writer

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

2

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

publication

2

the first and second; a few

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

11

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

6

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

2

to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

2

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

4

very much; terribly; badly; awfully; extremely

1

to rebuke; to scold harshly

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

3

to hate; to dislike

2

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

8

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

2

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

2

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

7

horizon

2

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

1

pen-name

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Yumeno Kyuusaku (1889.1.4-1936.3.10)

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

10

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

2

(not) in the slightest; (not) at all

1

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin

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