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unrefined sake

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

4

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

Manchuria

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

to settle (in a place); to settle down

1

half a lifetime

1

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

1

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

3

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

minor; not of age

1

drinking alcohol

1

smoking

1

slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient

1

suicide

1

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

2

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

6

wrapping paper

1

cheap sweets

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

2

to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

1

hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

thought to be; seen as

1

candy

2

receiving (from a superior); bestowed

1

right side

1

old woman

4

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness

1

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

1

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

1

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

2

breast pocket

1

thank you

2

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

next week

1

slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness

1

to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

1

elderly or experienced farmer

1

married woman; woman; lady

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

1