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classification; categorization; sorting

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to arrange (flowers); to plant

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unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)

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to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace

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tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

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rustling sound; rummaging sound

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flower vase

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower

1

screech; squeak; squeal

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future; distant future

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asset management

1

Ouch!

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

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blinking away tears; blinking tear filled eyes

1

measuring; weighing; metric; distance function

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stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

4

rhythmical; well-paced

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at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

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seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment

1

tablespoon

3

mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

2

homely woman; plain-looking woman

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pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

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lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

3

large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)

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tag; slip; label; sticker

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

1

outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally

1

upper arm

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absence (from work)

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(audio) recording

4

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

3

infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

1

assist; assistance

2

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

4

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

blip bleep

2

full of ingredients; hearty; substantial

1

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

1

ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)

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paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

2

florist; flower shop

1

grilled fish

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strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried

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tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

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