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to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

2

special training; intensive training; crash course

7

fourth day of the month; four days

3

with set eyes

1

otherwise; if not; or else

1

imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign

1

insensitive person

2

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

1

ultimatum

2

mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest

2

one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

16

tax; duty

2

petty bourgeois; lower middle class

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

1

one's family (home) background (environment)

2

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

1

runaway ninja; fugitive ninja

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

6

outside world; physical world

2

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

2

(physical) growth; development

1

promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

1

to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

1

effective; successful

6

gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE

2

solution; solution strategy

3

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

1

seeming sad

4

individual differences; personal equation

1

telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)

1

to work hard; to work diligently

3

contemplation; meditation

4

traditional Japanese dance

2

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

2

drama; theatre; theater; play

5

dance

5

magic; sorcery; incantation

1

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

2

Shinto ritual

1

dancing; dance

5

direct descent; direct line

1

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

2

(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

1

foundation; basis

3

in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story

2