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the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)

1

salted rice-bran paste for pickling; mashed green soybeans

3

business; liveliness

1

plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody

3

bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats

1

bandoneon

1

accordion; melodeon; concertina

1

keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)

1

penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting

1

baby monkey; small monkey

1

gong; tam-tam

1

pressure vessel

1

with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor

1

balcony

9

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

9

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

1

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

1

yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill

1

something rolled in paper; paper roll; cigarette

1

hookah; waterpipe

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

to steam (food)

1

bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

1

woven-bamboo pattern

1

fragrant smoke; aromatic smoke

1

sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

2

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

4

smoking implement; smoking device

1

dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

1

fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation

1

fainting; swooning

1

bridge

1

having not the slightest idea

1

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

7

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

5

sense of unity; sense of oneness

1

setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store

1

Turkey; turquoise

1

to hang; to dangle

1

price tag; price label

2

metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware

1

cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (arch.) any insect that chirps in autumn

1

gambling

1

night stall; night shop; night fair

1

Near and Middle East

1

bazaar; bazar

1

antique market; flea market; jumble market; used-goods market

1

to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind

1

strange; odd; unusual

2