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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

2

to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

1

many nights; hundred nights

1

peach (Prunus persica)

2

major general; rear admiral; air commodore

2

snow; snowfall

9

(romantic) love

1

icicle; (arch.) ice

1

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

1

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

3

fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

to rust; to become rusty

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

2

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

1

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

3

Mr (junior); master; boy

1

value; worth; merit

1

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

2

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

5

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

4

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

2

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

3

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

5

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

to look old; to get old

1

clothes padded with cotton

2

wearing one's hair knotted in the back

1

hair (on the head)

5

blind person

9

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

4

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

7

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

3

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

2

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

leaving the capital

2

coming home from school

1

originally

4

painter; artist; painter supported by patron

1

loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness

3

to paint (draw) a picture

1

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

to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

1

love and hate

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

4

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

1