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masonry; stonework

1

design

4

brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron

3

trap door; removable floor boards

1

suede

1

symbolic

1

design; pattern

1

edge of blade

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

1

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

1

Christmas

9

event

2

twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days

1

event; function

2

Christmas Eve

4

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

2

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

1

Merry Christmas

1

previous volume

1

stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding

1

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

1

bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque

1

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

2

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

1

hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

1

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

4

similar story; variant tale

2

being connected at a fundamental level; having an unseen commonality; underlying (both)

1

easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

1

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

2

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

firmly rooted; deep-seated

1

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

4

two things; two persons

1

connection; link; relationship

11

big name; famous person

1

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

2

(arch.) sixteen

1

ptarmigan (Lagopus muta, esp. the Japanese ptarmigan, Lagopus muta japonica); grouse

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

2

Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

1

collecting; gathering

1

(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast

1

aforementioned; above-mentioned

1

counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

1

friend's house; home of a friend

1

unforgettable; memorable

1