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young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

4

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

4

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

14

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

2

to offer a cup (of sake)

3

ardent; passionate; vehement

1

bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker

2

stagecoach

2

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

9

Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)

3

square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface

2

shed; barn; outhouse

4

roasting (e.g. of coffee)

3

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

2

money-making; earning money

3

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

2

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

23

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

corner; nook; recess

13

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

14

infancy; childhood; infant; child

1

counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

7

admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)

2

morning glory seeds (medicinal use)

1

diuretic

2

complete stranger; total stranger

2

to be responsive; to show immediate results

1

to do

6

crucian carp (Carassius spp.)

1

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

1

to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

4

to shrug one's shoulders

5

to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

4

one's best interests; one's own good

1

turning point

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

23

birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors

17

out of fashion; out of style; outmoded

2

bracelet; bangle

2

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

13

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

6

gooseberry; currant; plants from the Ribes genus

1

cigar

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

31

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

7

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

1

to shed tears

4

to come back

22

emergency

4

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

2