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for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

5

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

3

to chase away; to drive away; to drive out

1

covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory

4

how; in what way

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

4

spoon

1

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

1

meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous

2

herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous

1

carnivore

6

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

3

seems; I guess

2

yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

1

to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in

1

rather; sooner; preferably

2

rejection; dismissal

7

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

7

longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation

1

poof

1

on

1

going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways

1

to engrave; to carve out

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

2

domestic animals; livestock; cattle

4

(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening

1

serious injury

1

medal

1

beginning of autumn; beginning of fall

2

hibernation; winter sleep; torpor

2

jingle; ding; ringing of small bells

4

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

to be hesitant; to feel timid

2

few days

4

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

1

ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird

4

false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

1

school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

2

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

1

banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

1

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

2

leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

1

passionately in love

1

to cheer; to jeer; to mock

1

(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by

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