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curl; curly hair; ringlet

3

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show

1

timid; fainthearted; weak-willed

2

good luck to come (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck

1

excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)

2

what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

3

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

2

first shrine visit of the New Year

2

earnings

1

fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

2

one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)

2

lottery; lot; raffle; draw

4

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

4

it's the thought that counts

1

free (of charge); gratuitous

1

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

1

quadrilateral; square

1

bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune

3

good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful

1

food

4

joint together; opposite; facing

1

flower pattern

2

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together

1

going to and fro; back and forth

1

with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by

1

driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain

1

about noon

1

lesson

2

have a happy New Year

1

news of someone's death; obituary

1

clicking; clopping; clacking

1

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

many items; pressure of business

6

pearl

1

spider's thread; spider silk

1

muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire

1

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall

1

frog

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

1

emperor's wife and concubines; emperor's female attendant

1

neigh; whinny; bray

1

furiously; passionately; indignantly

1

long coat; full-length coat

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

1

to address

1

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

2