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heirloom

3

to buy back; to redeem

1

anecdote; story; episode

1

to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

1

developmental stage

1

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

1

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

2

hourglass; sandglass

2

carelessness; clumsiness; blunder; mistake; being no good at drinking and entertaining

1

one lump; one group

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

2

reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration

2

hindrance; impediment

1

porcelain; china; chinaware

1

puddle; pool of water

2

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

to wipe off; to wipe up

1

paper towel; kitchen paper; kitchen roll

1

leaving (it) to others

1

changing completely; transformation

1

ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights

2

wear; clothing; ware; goods; -ware; software

6

already proved

2

losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

1

and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

1

to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order

2

productive; constructive; meaningful

1

inactive

1

to fail to hear; to miss

2

disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating

1

narration

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

1

penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

1

8000 years; thousands of years; eternity

1

triangle (musical instrument); triangle (shape)

1

Hogan

1

runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world

1

to make one's heart flutter

1

light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car

2

huge rock; crag

1

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

4

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

1

cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that

1

to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

1

reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy

1

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

tough measure; firm step; strong measure

1

when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

1

racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere

1

to take responsibility for; to take the blame for

2