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light; faint; pale; fleeting

3

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

5

dry riverbed; river beach

1

night fog

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

1

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

2

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

2

officially sanctioned brothel (Edo-period)

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

5

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

2

not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful

2

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

2

kimono fabrics shop; draper

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

at very frequent intervals; almost every other day; constantly

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

1

hotel

2

Lake Biwa

1

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

2

open; public; official; overt

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

2

hence; for that reason

3

to lavish money on

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

1

lavish; profuse

1

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

to spend money

2

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

1

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

2

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

(product of) nature; born (musician)

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

9

(way of) spending money

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

4

piece; dry-goods; piece goods

1

regulation; control

1

being blocked (and contained); reduced circumstances

1

air-raid

1

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

1

having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless

1

(not) one

1

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

2

talk about divorce or separation

2

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

1