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taste; elegance; scenic beauty

2

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

2

waiting for a ship to depart

5

to be too long

1

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish

2

public holiday; celebration (of)

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

well-mannered; courteous

1

pardon; extenuation; borrowing; borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word

3

blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

3

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

hiding one's embarrassment

1

chopsticks

5

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

1

washing; sashimi chilled in iced water

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

1

boredom; ennui

3

carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

2

unless (you do something)

1

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

the good and the beautiful

1

bell-ringing (at a temple)

2

clock; watch; timepiece

2

she; her; girlfriend

1

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

2

to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

8

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

every other; second; alternate

1

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

1

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

1

is it not so?

1

window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses)

1

sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

2

garden tree

3

white tabi

1

main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)

4

cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright

1

bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

3

small gathering; happy circle

1

time; appointed time

1

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

1

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

to show in; to usher in

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

3

extravagant; absurd

2