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swallowing; deglutition

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enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad; troubadour

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

3

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

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Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)

1

senior high school; high school

7

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

1

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

2

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

1

humorous flavour; something comical

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

2

this person

3

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

1

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

1

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

8

to take off one's clothes; to undress

1

undershorts

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind

1

one day; (on) a certain day

2

desk

3

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

2

east end; eastern tip

1

green paddy

1

coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

2

to face on; to look out on to

1

to be erected; to be built

3

shoji (paper sliding door)

2

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

the West; the Occident; Western countries

7

(hand) towel

6

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

3

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

1

to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

1

path in a field

2

the way back; the way home; return trip

3

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)

5

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

7

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

2

phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem

7

spring breeze

3

large and wide; peaceful and calm

1

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

totteringly; trudgingly

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

4

alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap

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