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Otto

12

Theo

1

Leon

3

wooden box; wooden crate

8

work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

1

grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult

2

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

4

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

14

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

4

three; three years of age

3

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

3

extra; excess; surplus

1

foresight; prescience

1

manufacture; production

6

to begin; to set about; to start

1

angel

1

older sister; lass; young lady

1

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

3

as ordered

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure

3

to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order

3

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

10

sign; signal; cue

1

to refer to; to use as reference

6

Renaissance

3

title; name; degree

4

liking; taste; choice

3

each and every; all

2

much the same

1

mother; wife

4

to be worried; to be troubled

4

to watch steadily; to stare

1

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

4

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

3

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

2

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

2

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

1

to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

1

with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly

4

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

6

best; ideal; perfect

3

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

4

discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures

2

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

8

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

10

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

Karynne

20