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to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

1

foreign country

3

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

blood

1

open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things

6

wrist

1

index finger; forefinger; second toe

2

master thief; notorious robber

2

even

4

twenty-six

1

to arrange (flowers); to plant

2

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

6

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

cancer

3

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

7

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

1

scroll; counter for scrolls

1

outstanding work of calligraphy

2

thirty; 30

18

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

old-fashioned and tasteful

1

ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

2

dark and desolate; forlorn

1

unkempt hair

1

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

2

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

2

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

azalea (Rhododendron spp.)

2

right shoulder

1

whiteness

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

3

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up

2

ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

1

to make a good showing

2

(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask

3

both feet; both legs

1

deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape

1

to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers

1

to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

1

to vomit; to spit out

1

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

2

secret art; the mysteries

1

bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot

2

the former

1