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returning to work

1

hair that is smoothed down

1

sour (wry) face

1

jute

3

metropolitan government (of Tokyo)

1

connivance; overlooking

1

frequent; common; usual

1

not understanding; not knowing

1

children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together

1

samurai spirit

1

brainwashing

1

adhesive skin patch; transdermal patch; medical patch

1

(arch.) streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies); being in great demand

5

square shoulders

1

snow thaw; thawing

1

thick; dull (blunt); viscous

1

mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college

1

Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

4

diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

8

(for one's turn) to come round

1

most of all; extremely; supremely

1

reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule

1

hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet

1

late winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

unrequited love; illicit love; secret affections

1

the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; (lit.) compassion is not for other people's benefit; you can't save others (from themselves)

2

to drag in; to pull in

1

carpenter specializing in temple, shrine, etc. construction

2

wholesaler

1

rolling up one's sleeves

1

wardrobe

1

to ask for money; to put the touch on someone

1

sterile frond

1

suicide by hanging

1

fame; renown; great name

1

professional storyteller

1

to miss seeing

1

once in one's life; once in a lifetime

1

to cough

1

to become intimate with (e.g. a woman); to become acquainted

1

doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)

1

(your) beloved son; cute boy

1

to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)

1

speculator

1

bean-jam cake

1

significant; suggestive; insinuating; words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning

2

favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured

1

stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump

1

to sell (a thing) cheap

1

without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible

1