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1

disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

2

accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation

2

dignity; majesty; sanctity

1

gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

or

2

shower

14

bare feet

3

floorboard

7

Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet

4

toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan

14

toilet seat with bidet functions

1

partitioning screen

5

kitchen

9

living room

2

washroom; bathroom

8

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

3

washbasin; washstand

9

bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit

1

character written by brush; brush-stroke character

1

islanders

2

blunt weapon

7

to examine; to check; to inspect

1

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

8

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

3

practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum

4

to bring back

1

tourist

6

Kokusaidouri

2

commencing with; including

3

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

2

maximum; extreme; utmost

1

sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

1

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

2

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

20

Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine

2

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

2

as usual; as is one's habit

3

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

5

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

2

medicinal herb

1

tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

2

sea grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera)

1

Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes; boned pork rib meat, cut into 5 cm squares, stewed in awamori, soy, dashi broth, and sugar

1

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

2

papaya (Carica papaya); pawpaw

1

chanpuru; champuru; Okinawan stir-fry dish, usually containing vegetables (especially bitter melon), tofu, meat or fish

1

goat

4

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

1