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eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

1

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

1

midnight; 12am

1

favourable direction; favorable direction; lucky direction

1

measuring by eye

1

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

2

preliminary step; first step

2

singer

1

singing enthusiastically

1

like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy

1

deceased; late; dead; departed

2

superstition; superstitious belief

2

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

poisoning; addiction

2

to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

1

nightlife; night amusements

1

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

1

peat

2

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

1

visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage

1

one star (rating); evening star; morning star

1

shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

2

with a snap

2

request

3

(religious) conversion (esp. to Christianity)

2

value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

1

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

2

(Shinto) shrine

4

monetary offering; offertory

5

offertory box

1

jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly

1

to clap one's hands in prayer

1

paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance

2

abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; deep-frying; deep-fried food

24

Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack

20

to show unwillingness (to do); to be reluctant (to do); to look annoyed; to show signs of finding something bothersome

2

to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match

1

waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute

3

cylinder or rod-shaped

2

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

3

(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

1

making obligatory; making compulsory

2

to get scolded severely

1

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

2

very likely; very probable

2

brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)

1

official (government) postcard; postal card

1

New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift

1

very busy

3

pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)

1