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thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

6

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

3

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

3

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

3

Tokyo Government Office

1

certain day

1

Yokohama (city)

2

harbour

2

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

1

to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

1

scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)

1

to be

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environmental destruction

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

3

negative; contradictory

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

2

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

1

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

purple; violet

1

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

2

mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

18

rice field

43

group (usu. of people)

2

intimate; close

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

2

to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

1

point in common; common feature

3

immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

7

to drink up; to drain (cup)

1

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

2

there being no use in arguing (about it)

2

restoration; repair; mending

1

one drop (of fluid)

3

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

7

living thing; organism; creature; biology

3

circulation; rotation; cycle; loop

1

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

1

regulation; adjustment; control

2

supply; supplying; replenishment

1

convenient

1

one third; a third part

1

vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover

1

mass

2

switching over to; migration; transition

1