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falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin

4

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

4

in accordance with; subordinate to

4

ticket-collector; collecting tickets

1

to crawl towards; to creep up to

1

evil point of view

1

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

3

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

2

frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

2

car; vehicle

2

ume (plum) grove

1

cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

1

return; coming back

2

landlord; landlady

2

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

1

greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence

2

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

7

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

1

(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever

6

one's side; spleen

2

condition; figure; appearance; voice

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

3

pain; ache; -algia

2

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

4

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

1

leather-soled sandals (geta)

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

5

plaster; patch; ointment; liniment

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

1

rib; rib cage

2

skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window

1

sadness and gloom

1

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

2

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

3

to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord

1

night stall; night shop; night fair

1

if; in case; supposing

7

by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.

1

older sister; elder sister

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

1