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penance

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hell

2

hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony

2

candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice

2

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

2

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold

1

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

1

(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient

1

trouble; distress; sorrow

1

hardships; privation

1

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

1

body and soul; mind and body

1

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

legs and loins

1

restricted; confined; unfree

1

outdoors; outside

1

expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

3

bleary-eyed person

1

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

11

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

5

rice polishing

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

2

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler

1

because; as; since

1

kindness; favor; favour

1

to be ungrateful

1

nursing; looking after

4

poor hearing

1

to do the job; to do the business

1

nursing; (army) nurse

1

to perceive; to understand

1

request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

hardworking; painstaking; diligent; conscientious; sincere

1

small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

2

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

1

aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food

2

horsefly; gadfly

1

generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

4

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

2

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

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lethal; fatal

1