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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

19

medulla; marrow; pith

1

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

2

to glare; to dazzle; to glitter

1

stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

1

irreplaceable

6

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

4

to fight to the bitter end

2

inner heart

1

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

3

to trickle down

2

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

6

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

11

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

1

to liberate; to set free

1

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

3

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

2

fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur

1

thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

1

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

3

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

4

ball; dance

1

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

1

dried meat; jerky

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

4

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

9

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

3

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

2

in those days

2

mermaid; merman

1

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

3

Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

2

old man; old geezer

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

2

end; conclusion

3

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

7

lemon

9

yellow

1

to dilute; to water down

3

remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

1

full; in plenty; ample

3

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

2

garbage bag

3

to spread one's wings

1

dominion; territory; possession

2

loud (of a voice)

2