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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

boatman; ferryman

3

Yojibee

1

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

3

result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

1

common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins

2

noh song

1

(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

2

insanity; an insane person

1

cold mineral spring

2

higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers

1

(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

1

to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

1

precipitous

1

Ieyasu

1

elaborate; exquisite; detailed

5

honorary title

1

each; (arch.) you (plural)

1

press; print shop; printing office

1

binding a book in an oblong shape

1

fair copy; clean copy

1

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

3

staying up all night

1

100; hundred

4

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

3

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

2

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

3

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

8

quickly

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

400; four hundred

1

100 yen

1

inside a temple

1

division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation

1

manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

2

beginning writing (a draft); drafting

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

refusal; rejection

2

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order

1

hesitation; indecision

2

to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

1

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

1

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

3