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corner; nook

2

17; seventeen

2

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

2

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

4

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

13

small hand drum

1

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

1

reply; answer

1

to dub; to remint

1

always; constantly; constancy; eternity; permanent residence

1

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

1

secondary

1

lord's command

2

the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

2

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

3

surmise; guess; inference

1

left wing

1

furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

3

opinion; intention; thought

4

serious; not joking; straight

4

party; company

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

2

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

dimple

2

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

7

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

1

the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

5

mountains and rivers

1

to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; (lit.) to invoke a storm

1

strategy; tactics

1

competing; competition; auction

2

great war; great battle; world war

9

four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing

1

contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel

1

ten times

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

pleasure; delight; enjoyment

3

one large ...; a great ...

2

victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

6

just; fair; proper; reasonable

1

proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request

1

legend; tradition

2

one's long-cherished desire

2

now that it is as such; since it is as such

1

reserve; modesty

4

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)

1