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common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

2

pupil and (dark) iris of the eye

1

biggish; largish

1

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

1

thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

1

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

2

Her Majesty the Queen

7

space; interval; space character; whitespace

4

ordinary soldier; mere soldier

2

audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)

1

power; authority; jurisdiction

2

high-ranking; senior

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

6

good-natured; of good character

1

harp; harmonica

2

large-pupilled; dark-eyed; having large irises

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

1

arrogant; haughty; insolent

1

beckoning

3

both; together; jointly; simultaneously

1

open; spacious; extensive

1

months and years

5

it's been a long time; long time no see

3

bow; bowing

2

to go to; to visit; to call on

1

ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

3

slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)

4

when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)

2

to begin to

1

water's surface

7

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

1

fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

2

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

10

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

22

chalk (rock); white wall

1

counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face

1

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

2

fat; tallow; lard; grease

2

ceramics; pottery and porcelain

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

3

wavy hair

1

jade (stone); kingfisher

1

to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

3

armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

1

white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes

2

languid; listless

1

changing completely; transformation

2

unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point

2

inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn

2