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coloured carp; colored carp

2

admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)

1

to pour drinks for each other; to drink together

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

2

body; physique; build; stature

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

fog; mist; spray

2

tropics

1

laughter breaks out

1

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

breaking off; snapping off

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

4

fifty; 50

3

velvet

1

carpet; rug; runner

1

Arabian Nights; One Thousand and One Nights

1

hookah; waterpipe

3

the West; the Occident; Western countries

2

lamp; light

2

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

2

padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest

1

good evening

1

crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased

1

(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

1

mouthpiece; cigarette holder; cigarette filter (tip); fragrant garnish (for soup)

1

continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

age of a tree

1

500; five hundred; many

1

bonsai; miniature potted plant

1

snakelike; snaky; serpentine

1

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

3

to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing

1

half the body; half length

1

to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

3

eerie; spooky

1

to fall into ruin; to be desolated

1

heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling

1

warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

1

shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

1

water temperature

1

shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

2

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

lips

1

grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

1