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mere; only; just; slight

2

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

substitute for ...

2

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

1

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

2

to change one's clothes

1

candlestick; candlestand

2

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

5

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

1

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

2

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

4

stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position

2

will not do; do not; does not

5

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

6

light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)

5

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

1

head

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

9

a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

details; particulars

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

13

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

6

to be the case that

4

west

1

bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan

4

tatami-matted

4

corner; nook; recess

7

major cleanup; spring cleaning

3

inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)

2

police officer; policeman; constable

1

above the ceiling

3

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

1

sabre; saber

1

(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever

2

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

2

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

4

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

2

to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)

1

septum; bridge of nose

1

calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat

1

hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

9

vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild

2

shoji (paper sliding door)

17

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

6

any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1