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annually; every year; year in year out; from year to year

3

temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

1

to go; to come

2

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

10

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

7

leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends

2

second daughter

1

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

3

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

1

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

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

4

printing type; movable type; printed text; print

5

is never the case; has never happened

1

birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

2

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

3

avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

5

blind love

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

5

wife and children; (arch.) wife

1

court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute

4

symbol

2

still more; especially

3

suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water

5

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

a narrative

1

dramatic role for child; child actor

1

innocent; cherubic; childlike

1

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

modern Japanese; current written style

1

real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

2

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

1

leaving the capital; leaving Tokyo

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1

urine

1

to do

2

friend; acquaintance

6

wee-wee; pee-pee; number one

1

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

2

image; idol; statue

2

that; the matter in question

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

2

one's house; one's home; one's family

6

lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

1