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nameplate; doorplate

2

electronic sound

1

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

1

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1

combined living room, dining room and kitchen

1

to build; to construct

1

Buddhist (household) altar

4

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

3

kitchen; financial situation

1

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

2

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

Hisako

1

radio

1

(Japanese) feature phone; traditional Japanese-style cell phone (in contrast to smart phones)

2

a bolt out of the blue

1

life in a dormitory; dormitory life

1

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

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

5

just the other day; quite recently

1

difficult; hard

3

not having long to live

1

unnecessary; needless

1

unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless

2

slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

3

injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

1

kick

1

private individual

2

to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

2

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

1

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

3

easy to make; easy to do

1

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

2

great lie; falsehood

1

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

1

restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

1

the ... in question

1

empathy

1

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

1

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

3

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

1

troublesome; annoying; complicated

1

lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

3

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

4

virile; tough; masculine; intense

2

to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

1

to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with

2

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

2

child

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood

4