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sadness; sorrow; grief

2

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

1

two wheels; two flowers

2

addition; increase; Canada

2

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

3

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

7

flea

11

louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

4

mosquito

17

bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug

4

shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

3

worms and insects

1

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

3

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

3

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

4

contagion; infection

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

1

coexistence; living together

2

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

3

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

12

to hate; to detest

5

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

1

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

2

to perform a small motion repetitively (e.g. picking or poking something)

1

undershorts

3

electric light

2

beggar; begging

2

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

3

fresh leaves

3

one-by-one; separately; in detail

3

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

to cense; to burn incense

1

uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

7

gently (of the wind); softly

1

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

2

hotel; inn; lodging

2

nostalgia

2

scar

1

time; hour; period; class

6

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

2

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

1

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

7

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

7

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

3

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

9

long and narrow

2

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

3

just a minute; small quantity

2