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toe

1

to get too skinny

1

both shoulders

1

cutting one's nails at night (said to cause one to miss the deathbed of one's parents)

1

corpse; dead person

2

that's so, isn't it

3

to increase; to grow

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood

7

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

1

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

1

long-bodied

1

to bark at and chase

1

nightcap

1

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

2

huh?; what's up?

1

loyalty; devotion

1

stranger; outsider

1

to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)

1

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

3

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

1

confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

1

long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs

2

rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

2

washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

2

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

1

just the other day; quite recently

1

late at night; at a late hour

1

visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings

1

splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri

1

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

2

indescribable; having no way to express

1

yearned for; longed for; missed

1

to keep silent

1

kneecap

4

oversensitive

1

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

2

peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy

1

rich person

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

2

step by step; by degrees

1

to swell up

2

quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

2