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spinach

1

returning to work

1

hair that is smoothed down

1

sour (wry) face

1

town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials

1

jute

3

means of deceiving another

1

metropolitan government (of Tokyo)

1

prompt payment or delivery

1

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

1

supply (of a commodity)

1

connivance; overlooking

1

Nishiwaki

1

distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

1

frequent; common; usual

1

parody; imitation

1

guessing; covering

1

not understanding; not knowing

1

having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal

1

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

1

to live; to reside; to inhabit

1

money comes and goes; money goes around and around

2

samurai spirit

1

short; brief

1

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly

1

making paper umbrellas; overlaying an umbrella framework; paper umbrella maker

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

1

tetralogy

1

to attack persistently

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

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

1

square shoulders

1

tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess

1

to slide into

1

the other day; recently; this time; on this occasion

1

snow thaw; thawing

1

(Japanese-style) dining table

2

court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

1

thick; dull (blunt); viscous

1

to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

1

person obsessed with thoughts of sex

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

merchant house employee; tradesman

1

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

9

anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

1

(for one's turn) to come round

1

bargain or clearance goods (esp. of imperfect produce)

1