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Chikako

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cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman

1

monaural; monophonic; mono

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fish with a human-looking face

2

sketch; rough draft

1

telephone card

3

Arabic (language)

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talk show

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basking in the sun

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toward the end

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wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

1

by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus

1

expression; presentation

1

autumn breeze; fall breeze

6

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

2

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing

1

here and there; in places

1

to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence

1

depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...

1

fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

1

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

1

violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

1

suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap

1

mum; mom

2

immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official

1

languidly; loosely

1

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

1

change (for a purchase); toilet splashback

1

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

1

return; relapse; recurrence

2

in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

1

100 yen

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

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to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

1

tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish

1

nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear

1

sobbing; sob; weeping

1

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

1

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

2

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon

1

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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melody; chime

2

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

2

star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

1

sound of rainfall

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absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

simply (cannot)

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