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tropical cyclone

1

losing the means of livelihood

1

to write music for a song; to set to music

4

to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious

1

lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter

5

worldwide financial crisis; global depression

1

stinginess; miser

5

to behave well; to mind one's manners

1

widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man

2

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

to visit frequently; to haunt

1

mother; female parent

1

rental library

2

to boil over

1

composition of a poem

1

Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

1

popular song; hit song

1

at one's fancy (whim)

1

for a change; for variety's sake

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

9

high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket

1

gramophone; phonograph

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

25

to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do

1

elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny

3

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1

writer; author

1

the same grade; same class

1

poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

1

(writing) song lyrics

2

Paris (France)

1

being good-for-nothing; useless person

2

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

1

rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

1

to be stingy; to be tightfisted

5

tuberculosis; tubercule

1

huff; heave-ho

2

chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

1

reading with pleasure

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

to make use of; to lend money

1

wearing one's hair in braids

1

true story

1

objection; shortcomings

1

female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana

1

Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

2

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

mother; wife

1

a Buddha; deceased person

1