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plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

2

custom

8

shopping; purchased goods

1

scrubbing and washing; kitchen work

1

fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling

2

appliqué (ornamental needlework)

1

anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis

18

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

2

Western painting; Western film; Western movie

1

goodness; excellence; virtue

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

2

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

1

mother and child

2

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

to feel despondent

3

to lean against; to set against

1

shopping bag

1

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

2

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

14

shy

1

innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward

1

secluded inner room

1

nice guy

1

suddenly; abruptly; quickly

2

marriage

2

bunch of flowers; bouquet

1

birthday

4

to spend money

1

happy life

1

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

piddling; paltry

1

partiality; bias

2

one's beloved daughter

10

to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

1

earnest apology

1

marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife

1

to be in a huff

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

unpopular (esp. with the opposite sex); undatable

1

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

4

quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

1

sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

4

to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something

3

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

10

the number of days; date

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

2

fixed date; appointed day

1