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late at night; small hours of the morning

6

(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous

4

romantic

2

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

4

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

3

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

11

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

4

to be transparent; to show through

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

3

newborn

1

chrysalis; pupa

1

early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

1

monochrome

1

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

1

actor; actress; player; performer

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

1

plainly; clearly; vividly

1

to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live

1

movie projector; film projector; cine projector

1

square; rectangular

1

extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

4

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

3

gentlemen's agreement

2

kindness; favor; favour

4

how can (one) do something

5

looking on; remaining a spectator

1

foolishness; stupidity; silliness

1

rule

1

sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

4

conclusion

4

equality; uniformity; evenness

1

intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky

2

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

4

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

2

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

6

faucet; tap

2

watershed; divide

4

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

6

seamstress

1

dam; weir; barrier; sluice

6

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

2

vigorous; healthy; sound

3

partner

1

to cast down one's eyes

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

8