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intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.); temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

1

quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk

2

last spring; the spring of last year

1

eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days

2

percussion instrument made of small pieces wood strung together

8

best student; leading disciple

1

to start forgetting

2

antique-looking; looking hoary with patina

1

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

2

strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid

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Tomomori

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

2

Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide

7

formal opening of a new theater (theatre)

1

to perform; to play; to act

3

all (there is); as long as there is

1

as anyone can see

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

mouth of river; estuary

1

Tibet

1

speech and conduct; words and deeds

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

rustic; boor; hick

1

attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed

1

second division; secondary division

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two parts; two copies; the second part

7

excess; being more than

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the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

2

Kunio

1

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

3

to write (to someone)

2

proofreading; correction of press; calibration

4

dot; point; mark

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dead

3

good evening

2

all-night vigil over a body; wake

3

quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

4

warp; curvature; curve; arch

3

death; passing

2

afterword; epilogue; postscript

1

one year and a half

2

daily; appointed day

2

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

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separate volume; fascicle; fascicule

3

as if; as though

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600; six hundred

4

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

6

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

3

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

11

bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

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