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eyelid

2

a little bit; a little while

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

change (for a purchase)

1

sequel of a story

2

minute; fine; detailed; subtle

1

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

1

record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

1

tape

1

untouched; unused; intact

1

Saran Wrap; plastic wrap; cling wrap; cling film

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)

1

to express (in words); to confess

1

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill

6

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

2

to straighten oneself

1

tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors

1

command; lead; generalship; leadership

1

quietly; slowly; gracefully

1

tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

2

Oryou

12

inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for

1

to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe

2

as far as I know

2

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

2

in turns; in series; in order; by rotation

1

to do over; to remake; to resume

1

attention; kind attention; courteous attention

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

proud

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

Tokugawa

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

3

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

samurai; warrior

1

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

tide; current; tendency; trend

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

2

annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing

1