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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

3

palace gate; imperial palace

1

gold mine; provider of funds; financial supporter; rich person

1

to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself

1

(making) a round of inspection; patrolling

1

guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor

1

place by the lamp; area under the lamp

1

distant land; remote country; province far from the capital

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

to inspect; to examine; to check; to elapse; to pass (time)

1

lawsuit; complaint

1

mansion; residence

1

inspection; observation

1

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

7

huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

5

tidying up; finishing

1

early morning; early hours; early in the morning

1

term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

1

double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

1

encouragement; urging

1

special case; exception

1

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

1

many thousands

1

earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy

1

plasterer

1

mason; stonemason

2

artisan; mechanic

1

wood shavings

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

smell of new wood

1

beat; round

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

visitor; guest

1

government affairs

1

to begin; to set about; to start

1

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

4

funeral service

4

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

1

fairy; sprite; elf

1

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

1

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

1

dictation; verbal statement

1

writing on someone's behalf

3

lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well

2

shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

2