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at someone's (something's) mercy

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

5

sidelocks; hair at the temples

1

to accompany; to go with; to go together

2

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

1

tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

2

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

3

iron pot; kettle

2

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

9

staying up all night; all-night vigil

1

partner; pal; accomplice

1

work; job; labor; work

3

abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

13

dream

8

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

3

outward appearance; apparent

2

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

4

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

6

Western person

2

to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity

1

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

5

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

2

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

4

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

5

Tokyo and Chiba

11

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

3

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

3

intimacy; friendship

2

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

3

third; no. three

8

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

2

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

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

2

shed; barn; outhouse

1

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

4

outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

1

to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air

3

over-familiar

1

making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

4

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

3