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Akiko

4

Sachiko

6

something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous

1

Noriko

8

comfort food; soul food

1

monetary offering; offertory

1

faking crying; crocodile tears

1

sentimental; sentimentality

1

next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor

1

granulated sugar; brown sugar

1

mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make

1

to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through

1

birthday cake

1

premarital; prenuptial

2

Marilyn; Marilynne

3

Tokushima (city, prefecture)

2

dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

1

saxophone; sax

2

narrow-minded

1

Rumi

2

to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

1

fiance; fiancee

1

succession to another's professional name

1

being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

1

mother; mom; mum; mama

1

hardships; privation

1

hostess; barmaid

1

to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home

2

(doing something) for money; being mercenary

1

adviser; advisor

1

large family; extended family

1

pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man

3

on duty; at work; while working

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

2

business hours; opening hours; office hours

1

full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

1

deer; dear

1

thousand years; many years

9

phoenix

1

to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out

1

leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

1

job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer

1

youngest child

1

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

20

nikujaga; meat and potato stew

14

the road home

1

good-bye; farewell

1

Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

1