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path in a field

3

Wallon

4

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)

1

mid-sized store; middle-class brothel (in a red-light district)

1

Orient Express

1

body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

1

bureau; chest of drawers; cabinet

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

1

underdevelopment; incomplete development; aplasia; hypoplasia; infantilism

1

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i"

1

dragon-slaying; Kawasaki Ki-45 (WWII heavy fighter aircraft)

3

Himura

13

Closed Today

1

makeup remover

1

dhole (Cuon alpinus); red wolf (Canis rufus)

1

perfect attendance

1

lifting (a child) high up in the air

1

waist bag; belt bag; fanny pack; bum bag

1

Yuusuke

13

average year; normal year

1

to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light

1

Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine

1

to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

1

overcast sky in the rainy season

1

non-recoverable; unrecoverable; irreparable; irreversible; irretrievable

1

Yu-suke

5

treating (someone) like they are air; ignoring (someone)

1

Sasamoto

1

violence

1

Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)

1

Sekhmet

6

seasonal rain front

1

Heinlein

1

marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding

1

core (of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.); nucleus (of comets, galaxies, etc.)

1

key case; key pouch

6

Minase

1

Shōki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)

17

to bind; to restrain

1

to get change back; to be more than enough

1

black shirt; blackshirts

1

to lie face-down

1

Bastet

39

dinnertime; dinner time

1

covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head

1

to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath

1

melodic ring tone

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range

7