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rice bran

1

to shed tears; to be moved to tears

2

personal combat; one-to-one fight

1

last year

6

person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice

2

idiot; fool; dope

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

3

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

2

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

4

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

fist

8

bay; gulf; inlet

1

sidelocks; hair at the temples

4

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

3

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling

1

all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

Kumonryuu

1

vomit; vomiting

1

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

2

Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)

1

center of the earth; centre of the earth

1

to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

1

pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari

1

edge of the eaves; house frontage

2

inlet; bay

25

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

36

shellwork

1

tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

2

cask; barrel

1

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break

1

patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir

1

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

2

to speak; to hear a voice

8

to make a din

1

(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)

1

(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

1

Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis

1

punishment; judgement; judgment

2

indicates emphasis

5

guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)

1

sprinkling; dropping in small light bits

1

abalone; ear shell

6

abalone; ear shell

4

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

7

reconciliation; make peace with

1

leather-soled sandals (geta)

2