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glossy; bright; slick

1

moustache; mustache

8

Iwai

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

to leave the government service

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

7

agricultural affairs

2

examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground

1

to settle down

3

Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

1

promotion; encouragement

2

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

wilderness

1

agricultural land; farmland

1

cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation

3

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

1

opinion; view; comment

12

offering a full report to a superior

1

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

2

normally; habitually

1

expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing

2

my; our; one's own

56

to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

2

way; means

1

waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain

1

(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

6

lake (in place names)

1

blessing; grace; favour; favor; benefit

1

arable land

2

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

1

excellent plan; best policy

2

be; is

8

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

16

Kantouheiya

1

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

2

Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE); Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system)

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

12

young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration

1

prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

1

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

4

travel; trip; journey

4

Bandō; former name of the Kantō region

2

intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude

1

every year; yearly; annually

2

flood; flooding

3

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

1

inlet; seashore; beach

2

practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

1