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frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now

4

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

4

Chile

2

crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees; cripple

2

to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl

1

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

2

level; ordinary

1

thank you; thanks

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

1

you; dear; honey

1

brilliant; bright

1

drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily

1

a short while ago; already

1

to give; to do (something) for

1

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

1

tip of a twig; tip; end; trifles; trivial matters

1

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

2

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

1

anecdote; common talk

1

history; career

1

gall bladder

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

4

Diplomorpha sikokiana (species of flowering plant); paper made from the fibre of this plant

2

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

2

fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron

3

tub; washbasin; washbowl

2

well water

1

1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

1

laundry soap; detergent

1

coarse; rough

1

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

2

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

2

vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions

1

if I (we, etc.) could

2

celestial world; heaven

2

rubbish heap; garbage dump

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing

3

despair; hopelessness

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

coffin; casket

6

senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother

1

rural local self-government (Muromachi period)

29

substitute runner

2

coffin; casket

8