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long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

7

unable to sleep well

2

to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

5

thus

5

overflowing; inundation

1

latticed window

11

to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn

4

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

9

kitchen; financial situation

6

cool; cold

1

underground water

1

pushing by hand; hand gilding

3

pump

2

many times

6

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

10

to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

9

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

1

bisection

1

nakiri knife; vegetable knife

1

chopping board; cutting board

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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potted plant; potting

1

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

1

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

2

yesterday

13

support; stay; prop

3

to twine around

10

rear garden; back yard

61

washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)

1

water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte

4

behind one's back

2

tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)

1

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

4

closet

1

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

4

again; once more; a second time

23

stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

1

entrance; front door

4

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

7

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

3

all sorts of; various; miscellaneous; motley

3

things; everything

8

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

4

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally

2

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

22

meditation; contemplation

1

peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm

4