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politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

4

looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

2

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

3

friend

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

cough; coughing; tussis

2

swordsmith

4

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

1

(small) knife; short sword; small sword

2

high mountain; alpine mountain

6

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

large family; extended family

1

pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly

2

chorus; singing in a chorus

2

steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

1

mountain path

1

woodworking tool

2

to make a distinction; to differ; to be different

2

serving table

2

lidded pottery or receptacle

4

inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case

4

distinction

1

rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple

5

mutually; reciprocally; together

4

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

5

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

4

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

3

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

2

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

3

horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

1

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

1

lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

2

name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)

3

brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

4

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

3

to be tinged red

1

grain (of wood)

1

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

1

shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

third; no. three

1

old man; venerable gentleman

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

3

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

1