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to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

82

northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife

2

to run away; to run off

1

impudent; cheeky

1

forgetful person

1

darkness; the dark

4

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

3

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

1

(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...

1

pale color; pale colour

1

as necessary

1

to hold up in one's arms

9

mustard

1

contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari

1

underground; subterranean

1

lava

1

spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

2

comfort; consolation; diversion

2

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

2

hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried

2

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

3

complete stranger; total stranger

1

to be reduced to ...

2

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

2

distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

1

irritating; frustrating

1

to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

5

the same day

1

light; lamp; baiting deer with a lighted torch

1

single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

4

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

curtain; hanging; bunting

7

sofa; couch; lounge chair

3

languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

6

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

way of talking; speaking style

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

7

they

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(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

1

to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

1