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to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

4

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

5

Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

5

dilapidated house; deserted house

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

old woman

1

husband and wife; married couple

2

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

2

thunder; god of thunder

3

summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

white clouds

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

1

wise; clever; smart

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

3

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

12

the last

1

for that very reason; that is exactly why ...; as expected; just as one thought; sure enough

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

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

2

to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent

2

if it is the case that ...

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

internal; domestic

2

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

2

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

2

personal grudge

1

without; unless; have to do

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

5

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

2

value; worth; merit

4

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

1

with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

2

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

3

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

3

leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

1

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

2

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

4

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

1