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gable

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Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)

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dice; die; baton (of command)

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imitation; sham; -like

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junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

3

building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

3

small number; few; minority

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among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

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to become decrepit; to become senile

1

cook; chef

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

4

janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman

2

clanging; empty; deserted

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there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

2

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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dust; one ten-billionth

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dust

4

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

daytime; midday

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mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

3

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

3

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

5

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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desk; copy editor

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800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

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fifty; 50

4

how many years; how long; what year

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name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

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disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

2

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

3

half-eaten

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sausage

2

cheese

1

fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

1

indolence; laziness; sloth

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Figaro; Le Figaro (French newspaper)

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wastepaper; scrap paper

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

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stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

5

tiger stripes

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

2

one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth

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to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

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incense box

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

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dark reddish-brown; liver color

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high brow; broad forehead

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