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buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

4

dreams; fantasy; visions

4

flattery; compliment

3

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

1

memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad

1

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

3

cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

3

donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

1

planned crime

1

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

1

demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance

1

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

6

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

2

being ordered to quit something by one's doctor (e.g. drinking, smoking, overeating); doctor's orders (to refrain from something); breaking up a match on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.)

1

title match

1

challenger

1

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

2

(made of) stone; stone-built

1

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

2

baton; beat; measure

1

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

4

passport

1

tag-team match (pro wrestling)

1

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

2

to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept

1

fleeing abroad

1

playwright; dramatist

1

language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability

1

while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

1

hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock

1

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

first shrine visit of New Year

5

gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

2

generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures

1

ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)

1

circular; circulating letter

1

mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture; dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)

1

multi-course menu; multi-course dining

1

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

3

offertory box

2

hokora; small wayside shrine

1

existing

5

worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim

1

to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially

1

long-sleeved kimono

1

temples and shrines

2

Buddhist temple

2

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

1

cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase

1