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corner; nook

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to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

1

practice; practising; training; discipline

1

moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

2

generally

2

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

1

cotton

2

small amount; bit; smidgen

1

sharp sword

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

1

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

2

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

great swordsman; master fencer

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to surround; to crowd around

1

white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

1

relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling

2

manuscript; version; draft

1

undergo a complete change; turn over a new leaf

2

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

11

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

1

womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

2

successive generations

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

4

to employ; to engage

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

(arch.) pain; (arch.) trouble; illness

1

to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

2

to capture; to seize; to plunder

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

3

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

2

gift; souvenir

1

being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

1

rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession

1

to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

2

in the city

2

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

1

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

2

moat; fosse; trench; ditch

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profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

2

mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court

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