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Houdou

1

Chiyotarou

1

dark soy sauce; regular soy sauce

1

Tashichi

2

post-fire visit to express sympathy; expressing one's sympathy after a fire

1

Harudanji

2

face lotion

1

third string (of a shamisen, etc.)

3

evening primrose

1

Sonezakishinchi

1

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

Umeno

5

parcel

1

outburst of cicadas singing; chorus of cicadas

1

publicity article

1

daughter (of a good family)

5

removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)

1

drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability

1

Marco Polo Bridge (China)

1

present given in return for funeral offering

1

(plain) hot water; boiled water

1

travelling somewhere to improve one's health; travelling somewhere to recuperate

2

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

6

Sashichi

2

Hanako

2

year of the Horse

1

celebrating recovery from illness

2

to become grimy or dirty

1

bank book

1

conspiracy; collusion

1

400; four hundred

1

run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant

1

wasted money; unused money

1

(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face

1

to have a drink; to grab a drink

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

special selection; finest pick; top pick

1

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman

4

young gentleman; boy

4

amanuensis; scribe

1

You're kidding!

1

Yaoyaoshichi

2

on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

1

appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink

1

chronology

1

Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)

2

dot; point; mark; gidayū musicians (in kabuki)

5

right and proper; legal

2

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

1

sparsely; drop-by-drop; on par with; as good as; (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)

1