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I pray; I wish

1

to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

1

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

1

trial; test; try

1

design; sketch

3

four corners; four ordinal directions

2

to join together (wooden boards, etc.); to patch together (pieces of cloth, etc.); to glue together

1

light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)

1

olive green

1

one point; stitched ornament; small needlepoint design; relief pitcher brought in to face one batter

3

actual size; full size

1

pattern paper (for dressmaking); stencil

4

margin for a seam; seam allowance

2

to sew together

1

reverse printing; printing only the background; reverse-printed motif; reverse-printed text

1

middle dot; centred period; full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint; symbol used for interword separation, between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.

2

passing along (in order); sending on

1

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

2

as necessary; if necessary; as the need arises; as occasion demands; where appropriate

1

ironing board

1

mountain fold (origami)

1

fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)

2

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

5

hair parted in the middle

1

male (animal, plant)

1

wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)

1

traditional Japanese women's hairstyle

1

to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)

2

storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue

8

wicker trunk; wicker luggage

2

paganism; heathenism

2

things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property

2

time axis; time basis; timeline

1

to (a place); until (a time)

3

not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent

2

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

1

way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings

1

hills and fields; hill and dale

2

becoming a monk; entering priesthood

3

worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity

1

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

most difficult; next to impossible

1

workshop; training course

2

group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)

1

returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital

1

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

2

evening meal; supper; dinner

1

eating only a little; having a small appetite

1

to step out of the bath

1

heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman

1