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gently; quietly; calmly

3

bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

2

anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

1

design

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

2

as far as I know

1

inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

2

riverbank; riverside

1

dry riverbed; river beach

1

pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl

2

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

one; one

1

monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō

1

landowner; landlord; landlady

1

to go crazy; to go off one's head

1

expression; phraseology

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

tone; manner of speaking

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

things; everything

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

to have an interest (in)

1

ardent; passionate; vehement

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

2

altruism

2

to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal

1

speculative spirit

1

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

1

three years

1

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

1

trial; judgement; judgment

1

to hate; to detest

3

work; business; company; study

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

2

around the world; throughout the world

2

principle; theory; fundamental truth

1

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

2

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad

2

precedent

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

2