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endless; boundless

1

United Kingdom; England

1

strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses

1

weak point; unskillfulness

1

study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies

5

post war; after the war

1

very deeply

1

wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree

1

arched bridge

1

old river

2

borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter

1

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

1

house in which a mistress is kept

1

bio-medical; biomedical; medical student

2

recent years

3

to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread

1

demand; request

2

private school for the study of English

1

Chinese-style low dining table; Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki Chinese style low dining table; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

2

low dining table; tea table

2

dining table

1

next seat; adjacent seat

1

separation; living apart

2

academic type; scholarly turn of mind

2

fish meat

1

careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

public ceremonies; public affairs

1

to remove; to move out of the way

1

coquetry

2

papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw

1

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

to be like-minded; to have the same goal

1

bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

3

utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil

1

Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology

1

Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)

1

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

1

covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext

1

slow; weak-headed; dumb

1

great victory; crushing victory

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

1

to cut off (a relationship)

2

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

3

agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity

1

Tsutsui Junkei

4

baptism

2