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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

3

ten o'clock

3

fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

13

paper-covered lamp or lantern

1

food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food

5

all; entire; whole; altogether

4

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

1

(sake) decanter

1

(how) many times; (how) often

2

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

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both (people)

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

2

to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm

1

singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

2

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

2

impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

1

succession; continuation; series; sequence

1

to defeat

1

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

2

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

to stop; to quit; to put an end to

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

5

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

endless; boundless; fathomless; eternal

1

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

3

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

4

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

3

victory or defeat; victory and defeat

2

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

2

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)

2

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

1

(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap

1

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

2

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

2

cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

3

to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

1

lock of hair (on the side of the head)

1

to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

1

to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside

3

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

44

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

2

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

2

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

13

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

3

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

3

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

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