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common people; ordinary people; masses

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

to work hard; to work diligently

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to be reliable

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to cause a person trouble

1

agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

1

from the beginning; from scratch

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

written request; written demand

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

2

now is the time

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

3

decoration; arrangement

1

street corner

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

2

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

elbow

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a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

light purple

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

lately; recently

2

being very busy; busyness

1

to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

late at night

1

pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)

1

nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

2

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

1

black cat

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by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1