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to build a house

12

easy; simple

2

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

6

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

7

more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes

2

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

1

furnishings; implements; equipment

4

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

1

aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty

1

unavoidable; inevitable

1

garden; park

3

to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

2

scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs

2

a fortune

2

furniture

2

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

2

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

3

coloring agent; colorant; colourant; (food) coloring; colouring

1

tea leaf; tea leaves

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence

2

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

6

stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim

5

tall (of a person)

2

stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy

4

size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months

16

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

2

in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant

1

hawk; falcon

4

observant eye

1

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

1

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

18

etiquette; courtesy

3

please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

1

polite; respectful; reverent

2

to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

3

losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident

3

awe; fear; dread; fright

2

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

you

2

elbow

2

one's cherished opinion; pet theory

3

you (plural)

9

tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous

3

voice; cry; shout

1

lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy

1

elbow strike (karate)

1

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

1