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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

2

to sniff; to smell

2

ditch; drain; gutter; trench

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

1

to taste; to try (food or drink)

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tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse

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thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey

1

feeling of food or drink going down one's throat

1

to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects

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to drink in one gulp

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

2

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

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shoulder

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

1

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

3

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

7

notice; notification

1

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

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to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

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humming; crooning

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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to shake; to sway; to waver

4

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

4

to the end; to the last

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to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

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in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

3

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

4

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

2

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

5

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

4

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

1

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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water well

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special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

2

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

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to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

1

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

3

shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold

1

to throb; to beat fast

2

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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