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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

4

rolling up one's sleeves

1

walking heavily; lumbering

1

to be found; to be discovered

1

tree climbing

2

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

1

to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

5

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

1

water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens

1

garden stone

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

5

to be filled to bursting; to burst

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

1

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

5

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

2

description; describing; depicting

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

4

face

2

to fall down; to drop

1

apparently; appears to be

5

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

71

angle

4

shoji (paper sliding door)

2

engineer; technician

1

glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

3

drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

1

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

1

leaving everything up to someone else

4

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

8

clean hit

1

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

1

guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

6

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

1

tatami-matted

3

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

4

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

2

expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit

1

very deeply

6

upper body

2

auditory hallucination

2

magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring

1

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

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

7

eyeballs

1

soundless; mute

3

strict; stern

1

with a clunk; with a clank; the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)

1