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thistle (Cirsium spp.)

1

recitation

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

3

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

1

check mark; tick mark

1

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

1

hotel; inn; lodging

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

small house; thatched hut

1

the current ...; this; today's ...

1

each other; one another

4

Oden

1

Nihonmatsu

2

attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

1

to give attention

1

to continue to rain or snow

1

Junjirou

3

Sukegorou

4

Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside

14

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

1

easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax

1

nodding

3

grandmother

1

anecdote; common talk

1

ninefold; imperial palace; the Court

1

to fail an exam; to fall (of cherry blossom petals)

1

express dispatch; urgent correspondence

5

young and cheeky; brash; sassy

1

iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus

1

something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth

1

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

2

planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

4

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

2

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

5

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

2

great damage

2

one advantage

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

2

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme

1

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

anyhow; in any case

6

future affairs; affairs after one's death

1

the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

1

secret information; intelligence

6

taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals

1

scolding

1

going west; leaving for the west

5

desperation; struggle to the death

2