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handiwork; ware

4

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

woodworking; woodworker; carpenter

14

workshop; studio; atelier

2

addition to a building

1

living witness

1

small-time candy store

9

works; factory; plant

6

dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

2

unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad

1

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

1

wholesaler

1

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

1

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

5

box maker; man who carries a geisha's shamisen

43

geisha

1

three-stringed guitar

1

literally; to the letter; literal

2

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery

2

lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork

1

wooden carrying box

1

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

2

antiquity; ancient times

6

business ability; business acumen

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

1

natural virtue; personal virtue

2

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

1

to be intimate with; to befriend

1

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

6

beyond one's means or position

1

secondary school

2

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

lathe

2

weld; welding

2

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

3

silent; mute; dumb

2

to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

6

to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

2

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

2

family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

1

to succeed to a house

1

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

2

home (family, domestic) life

1

cirrhosis (of the liver)

1

love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker

1

personage; person (deserving of respect)

2