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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

3

sincere; earnest; serious

1

ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)

1

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

delight; great joy

1

up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

2

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

3

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

doesn't even exist

1

bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

1

land of the gods; Japan

2

yes or no answer; agreement or disagreement; consent or refusal

1

faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

3

melody; tune

2

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

5

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

2

carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.); holding; up!; carry me

2

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

1

being about to cry; the verge of tears

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

lullaby

1

singing voice; (sound of) singing

2

during a stay

1

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

1

implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment

2

folding fan

1

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

2

to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult

1

with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop

1

to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

1

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

2

to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh

2

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

1

hurt; injured

1

bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)

1

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

to soil one's clothes

1

drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)

1

mother; wife

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1