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

2

fine pattern

4

springwear; New Year's clothes

1

new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

2

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

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

4

base (military, expedition, etc.)

4

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

5

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

2

beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute

2

Matsuyama (city in Ehime)

3

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

Kamakura (city)

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

9

minor feudal lord

1

abundant (grain) crop; good harvest

1

commencing with; including

1

Sasaki

1

Chiba (city, prefecture)

1

failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later

1

groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another

1

two or three

4

oh, yes?; really?

1

cute; pretty

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

3

small; little; few

3

100; hundred

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

2

Soga

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

money; metal

8

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

4

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

2

thief; robber

3

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

1

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

1

matter of taste

1

(another's) daughter; young lady

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

4

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

3

oil

1

bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot

4

type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)

1

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

2

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

3

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

2