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elderly handyman; elderly manservant

2

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

1

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

6

to look forward to

1

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

1

bright; intelligent

1

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

5

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

4

January; first month of the lunar calendar

2

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

9

strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly

2

living with (someone) temporarily; staying with; temporary residence

3

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation

2

boarding house; residence hall; dormitory

1

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

1

Matsuyama (city in Ehime)

6

to graduate from a university

2

refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake

4

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

4

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

2

remittance; sending money; transferring money

2

to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped

3

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

3

old castle; old fortress

2

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

4

lock

2

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student

1

(innocent) mind of a child; childish mind

2

every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person

1

servant; menial

4

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

1

mutual agreement; understanding; common consent

1

blind person

1

was

4

boneless (of a fillet, etc.); without bone; lacking (moral) conviction; weak-principled; having no backbone

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

4

near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

2

to keep away; to keep at a distance

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

1

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

3

medical science; medical department

1

restaurant

1

lecture; sermon; preaching; scolding; preaching; moralizing

1

contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

1

to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)

1

doctor; physician

4