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soy sauce; shoyu

3

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

26

reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

3

sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

2

broiled fish head (esp. sea bream)

2

Western-style room

1

small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

1

alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

2

mezzanine floor

1

with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly

1

flour dealer; miller; mill

1

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

1

opera

1

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

1

to sit (down)

1

thrifty person; frugal person; economizer

1

science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)

1

remnant; remainder; odds and ends; leavings

1

money in one's possession

1

to hand over; to surrender

1

selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary

2

construction; architecture (of buildings)

4

coloured paper; colored paper

2

fashionable color; fashionable colour

1

kimono fabrics shop; draper

1

decoration; arrangement

1

water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

1

cast net; casting net

1

grocer; grocery store

1

supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

5

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

cool; cool-looking; refreshing to look at

1

silk thread

1

street stall; stand; booth

1

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

1

reconstruction; rebuilding

1

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

1

to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

2

from now on; hereafter

2

underground train; subway

1

silver coin

2

copper coin

4

unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

2

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

3

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

romantic

2

stairs; stairway; staircase

2

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1