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that's so, however ...

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honeymoon

1

businessman; industrialist

1

excursion; outing; picnic

1

prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals

1

in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

1

escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering

1

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

2

convenient; handy; useful

11

rather than

2

rather; better; instead; if anything

7

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

6

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

3

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

3

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

7

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

(flower) vase

1

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

4

sunrise

1

folding screen covered with gold leaf

1

to be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)

1

maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

11

alternately; by turns

1

to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful

1

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

1

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

1

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

1

rules of teaching

1

we

1

play; drama

17

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

1

rosewood; red sandalwood

2

desk

2

desk phone

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity

5

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

4

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

4

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

2

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

2

Toile

8

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

4

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

4

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

2

only; nothing but

5

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

2

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

3

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

1