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imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

Yasuaki

1

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

1

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

15

light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart

1

great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction

1

intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha

1

Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)

1

scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

1

traveller; traveler

2

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood

1

the old town

10

district; section; sector

84

coast; beach

14

small hill; low hill; hillock

2

late at night

2

lifeblood

1

servant; manservant; menial

1

plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy

2

Enzo

103

porch; pouch

3

certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance

2

great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted

1

to build a house

4

arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases

1

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

3

Carlo

248

Bossi

46

double-edged eyelid

3

close associate; close aide; brains-truster

3

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

2

extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

3

to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)

1

grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)

2

first-class goods

2

disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide

2

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

1

elegance; refinement; grace; aroma

1

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

3

blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish

4

younger; junior

3

stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck

1

smallish; on the small side

1

to catch

3

I; me

53

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

2