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a pair (of shoes or socks)

2

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

8

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

8

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

5

to attack; to assault; to assail

3

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

6

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

2

self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

3

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

1

mystery; wonder

3

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

7

two ken (approx. 3.6m)

1

to approach

3

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

2

black hood

1

blood purification; depuration

1

(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant

2

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

1

hardness

1

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

2

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

2

surely (not); certainly (not)

4

second step; hesitation

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

13

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

breathing; respiration

1

to count; to enumerate

3

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

3

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

12

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

1

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

8

full-length mirror

1

ocean transportation; importation

1

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper

2

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

5

quartz; glass

1

glass; glassware; diamond

3

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive

2

contraction of "koto da"

1

as if to say; as much as to say; as though

2

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

2

fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

2

again; once more; a second time

10

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

7

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

20

one's side; spleen

1