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hacksaw

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grinder; grinding machine

2

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

2

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper

1

pestle

1

shape; form

1

pedestal

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

4

uniformity; equality

2

thickness; profundity; depth

1

perfect; complete; flawless

5

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing

2

maid; helper; help; assistance

3

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

5

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

3

to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise

4

(for) household use; home use; domestic use

1

wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh

1

moreover; in addition

1

small piece; fragment; chip; splinter; strip; shred

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

bronze or copper (color, colour)

1

depth; deep place

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

1

to rust; to become rusty

1

passing of years; lapse of time; aging; ageing

1

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

3

black lustre; black luster

2

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

(typically) Japanese

1

wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection

2

texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance

1

conversely; on the contrary

1

cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob

1

torch

1

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

3

quenching; hardening; tempering

1

to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart

1

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence

3

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

6

for example; for instance; e.g.

4

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

2

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

2

washi; Japanese paper

1

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

1

thousand years; very long period; forever

1

newspaper

1

paste; glue; clothing starch

1