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small; fine; detailed; stingy

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

103

nightlife districts; drinking districts

7

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

15

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

3

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

73

at regular intervals; evenly spaced

2

roundish; sort of round

1

design

8

street light

3

to face on; to look out on to

2

private house

4

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

18

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

4

to happen to pass by

5

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

8

speaking voice; talking voice

1

whether one wants to or not; without choice

3

curtain; curtains

7

sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

2

black rotary-dial telephone

7

cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube

2

short (of a person)

3

wooden; made of wood

1

gramophone; phonograph

18

radio

6

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

5

Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period

1

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

1

equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements

2

war song

1

black (colour, color)

16

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

5

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

1

distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

10

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

42

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

5

naked light bulb

1

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

2

cooking; food preparation

2

arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

3

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

45

to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

2

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

7

chopsticks

10

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

147

resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

8

moment; second; instant

183