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fresh verdure; new green leaves

1

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

1

clock tower

6

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

11

cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

1

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

1

20 years old

1

child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

2

southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

1

Spain

4

return; coming back

6

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

2

to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

4

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

1

field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

2

corner; nook; recess

3

over one's shoulder

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

4

compared with

2

standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

2

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

departure

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

3

short sleeves

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

2

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

1

to settle (in a place); to settle down

1

private clinician; physician in private practice

1

oneself; myself

6

all year round; all the time; year in and year out

1

patient

1

to examine (medically)

1

doctor; physician

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand

1

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

2

closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement

1

close; clothes

1

my; one's own; personal; privately owned

1

island

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

5

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

2

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain

3