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one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

same country; same province; the (said) country

3

Ko-ji

4

Kaori

2

Ikenami

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

1

to boast; to brag; to exaggerate

1

God bless me!; Good heavens!

4

Masato

5

major change; major transformation

1

to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up

1

licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate

1

Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding

1

fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

cold wintry wind

1

thunder and lightning

1

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

2

Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)

2

greatest mistake of one's life

1

report to the Emperor

3

old man; old geezer

3

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

1

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

1

stress reduction

1

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

3

anachronism

1

to oversleep

1

to be entwined; to be involved

1

dancing; dance

6

thin skin

4

moron; idiot; stupid person

1

look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk

1

mole; lentigo; beauty spot

1

ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

3

disgusting; creepy

1

trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about

1

white stone; white (go pieces)

1

expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.

4

carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

1

the way one talks; one's way of speaking

2

gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK

1

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

6

lower rank

1

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

2

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

1

what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like

1

squadron

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