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nature; disposition

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

4

scolding; faultfinding

4

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

2

antiquity; ancient times

1

used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

1

light yellow

2

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

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

1

tinderbox

3

Chiba (city, prefecture)

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

2

long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)

3

in and about a kitchen; family circumstances

2

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

5

flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

4

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

2

being angry (suddenly)

7

carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

14

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

2

wax

1

place where one works; construction site; working area

10

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

8

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

6

candle

6

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

2

awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

smoke; fumes

6

national bird

3

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

2

dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

4

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

trough; gutter; water pipe; coulisse (of a sword blade)

2

trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute

3

joints; points (of a speech)

2

rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)

1

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

1

hourglass

2

sand; grit

2

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

1

charcoal fire

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

4

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

2

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

3