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personal meeting (esp. used by females)

5

Kisaka

1

in person; personally; (do) oneself

2

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

2

New Year's Eve; end of the year

2

every direction

2

tea party

3

forgetting the hardships of the old year; year-end drinking party

6

to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)

1

to be careful; to take the utmost care

1

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

2

individual of taste

1

electric light

1

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

1

the sixth hour of the morning

3

division into equal parts; equal parts

1

timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule

1

looking or acting as if one owned the place

3

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

2

road; street; avenue

4

night watch; fire watchman

1

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

1

mid-winter; cold season

2

un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...

1

freezing; freezing over

2

chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

12

the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing

2

bamboo pole

1

strange custom

2

treasure

1

Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

1

Shinto ritual

1

Buddhist memorial service

1

disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous

1

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

1

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

1

great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

1

soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)

1

cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)

3

soot

2

firefighter (Edo period); construction worker; scaffolding builder

1

major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match

2

established practice; custom

2

busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

1

kite

25

traditional Japanese handball game

1

battledore (early form of badminton racket)

1

electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire

2