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Harrell; Hurrell

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praise; glorification; extolment

5

collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook

2

second half; latter half

1

once more; again

1

dinner

3

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

2

carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

3

drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party

3

serious; not joking; straight

3

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

5

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

5

prosaic

2

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

2

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

2

to put on airs; to assume importance

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

2

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

1

poetic

1

picturesque; pictorial; graphic

1

artistic

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

to quarrel; to dispute

1

Holy Communion; Lord's Supper; Eucharist

2

dispute; conflict; trouble; strife

2

bloodshed

1

something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento

1

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

1

mummy

1

dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

1

dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries

1

sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

1

to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)

1

conversion

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

1

to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for

6

ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

1

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled

1

dining

1

ceremony; celebration; law code

1

small; little; few

1

people

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

1

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

1

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

1

diarrhea; diarrhoea

1

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

4

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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