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to ride upon the winds

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flute; fife; pipe; whistle

4

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

4

large drum; bass drum

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oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

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look, look!; there, there!

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singing voice; (sound of) singing

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investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking

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even (e.g. even a child)

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(traditional) festival music

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

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against; contrary to

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nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

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fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...

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all over the body; from head to foot; all over

2

musical instrument

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

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free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

2

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

2

to send in

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concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...

1

earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

3

accordion

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

2

inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

1

bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

3

to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance

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drum

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to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

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pebble; small stone

4

to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet

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mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips

4

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

2

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

1

East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

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enamel; enamel paint; enameled leather; patent leather

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

3

legend; folklore; tradition

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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

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a few seconds; several seconds

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before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

well, I must admit ...

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)

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