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karaoke

1

stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam

1

hangover

2

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

1

crowded train

4

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1

ant

1

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

2

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

diligent; industrious

2

Aesop's Fables

1

to idle away one's time

1

Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket

4

in comparison to; rather than

10

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

2

to be born; to come into the world

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

5

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

who

4

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

5

to end one's life; to end one's days; to die

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

1

grandmother

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

great-grandmother; great-grandma

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

4

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

this world; this life; world of the living

1

existence; being

6

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

1

descendant

2

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

1

hundreds

1

ancestor

2

great-grandchild

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

10

gravesite; tomb

1

posthumous Buddhist name

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

2

posterity; future life; life to come

1

too much; excessive; too

5

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

3

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

6

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

1

ahead; before; ago

1