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to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress

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in detail; with great care; completely; fully

1

lucky; fortunate

1

to peel off

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plastic

3

heap; pile; stack; full measure

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

1

one's way; one's path

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

5

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

4

nylon

1

flight; flying; soaring

3

comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori

1

plainly; clearly; vividly

2

parabola

1

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

1

Kiyousuke

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jealousy; envy

1

other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

1

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

1

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

1

eldest brother

1

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

2

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

1

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

1

Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe

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attracting customers

1

large number (of); many; majority

1

piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

1

rear garden; back yard

1

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

2

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

2

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

4

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

world; society; people; the public

2

idealized image

1

to extol; to give praise

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

1

rather; sooner; preferably

1

pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

display

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