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five; 5

4

Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

3

to have a talk; to tell a story

4

secret weapon

1

draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

1

bold; daring; audacious

1

major powers of the world; great powers

1

lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout

1

talent; ability

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

2

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

money; cash

2

telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret

1

to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

2

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

suppuration; festering; coming to head

1

natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical

1

baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

1

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

2

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

1

to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride

2

only; merely; but; no more than

2

seven

6

number of days; period of days; daily interest rate

2

scar

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

1

since when; from when; how long

2

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

7

to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

1

arson; setting fire

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

2

for dear life; barely escaping alive

1

soy sauce; shoyu

4

making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

2

cultivation; nurture; culture

1

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

1

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

3

(present) head of a family

2

antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

2

revival; restoration; resuscitation

2

study; research; investigation

3

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

2