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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

13

filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

3

lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

1

wise saying; famous saying

2

Iwasaka Keiko

2

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

13

Takizawa Mieko (1939.3.1-)

1

full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month

1

young greens; young herbs

2

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

4

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

both feet; both legs

2

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

2

kneecap

1

to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)

1

hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

1

until now; so far; up to the present

2

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

skin

2

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

2

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

3

to pass; to pass by

1

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

2

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

5

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

2

Inaba Mayumi (1950.3-)

2

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

5

fall season; autumn season

2

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

5

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

3

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

1

peak; mountain

1

prefectural high school; public high school

1

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

2

one thin flat object; one sheet

4

coin; token; slug

8

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

Muroi Mitsuhiro (1955.1-)

1

plain; open field

1

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

2