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from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

5

to pray; to wish

4

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

3

to do together

1

shorthand; stenography

1

New Year issue

5

please; somehow or other; one way or another

6

shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke

2

picture painted by oneself; self-portrait

1

self-praise; praising oneself

1

to fear; to be afraid of

2

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

8

long way

4

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

5

alternately; in succession

1

alternately; in succession

2

encouragement; urging; spurring on; chastising by whipping

6

love; affection

6

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

1

wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships

2

to be silent; to say nothing

5

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly

4

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

2

yearned for; longed for; missed

3

pointing out errors; correction; critique

2

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

1

prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

1

twice

6

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

6

advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

2

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

2

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

1

both; (not) either

5

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story

1

almost; roughly; approximately

4

aggregation

1

production; manufacture

1

collaboration; joint work

3

one of these days; someday; one day

1

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

1

success; hit

2

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

3

that's the way it is; such is life

2

suddenly; all at once; rapidly

2

notice; notification

2

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

12

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

divinity

1

Department of the Imperial Household

1