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false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself

2

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

3

rice field

31

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

4

paddy field; farm

12

to creep; to crawl

2

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

10

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

3

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

3

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this

2

farmland; rice field or paddy

12

to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon

5

that; those; the

45

madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

17

which; what (way)

2

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

2

to subsist; to keep on living

2

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

13

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

2

together with; same; both; all; including ...

5

land rent

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

14

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

16

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

12

about this time

8

(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence

2

only; nothing but

3

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

2

Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

2

two swords; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; bisexual (person)

3

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied

1

to be; to come; to go

2

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

5

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

37

lately; recently

2

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

29

rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission

4

Mukougawa

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

4

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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one; one

1

social standing

2

unexpected

4

can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...

2

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

2

you; your father

10

various; many; several

8

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

13