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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

109

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

2

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

3345

all; entire; whole; altogether

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

6

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

1185

without permission; without notice

2

reproduction; duplication; reprinting

3

reprinting; reproduction

1

distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming

1

transmission; sending

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

223

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

2

change; alteration; modification

1

alteration; falsification; faking

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

77

(involving) payment; (involving) compensation; paying a fee

1

without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

1401

in spite of; regardless of

1

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

1

transfer; assignment; conveyance

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

2160

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

13

ancient city; former capital

6

Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

29

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

89

autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

28

old tree

4

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

30

violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

33

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

1183

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

11

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

7

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

20

this year

16

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

619

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

16

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

1211

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

18

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

3

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

154

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

43

relation; relationship

6

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

11

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

27

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

6