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attendance; presence

4

souvenir

1

minister; secretary; Shujing; The Book of Documents; Ministry of Central Affairs (Qin-dynasty department); Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)

22

grand chancellor (highest-ranking minister in ancient China); chief councillor; minister (Chinese-style title)

42

to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)

1

one's seat; one's desk

1

foreign delegation; foreign mission; diplomatic envoy

1

small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

11

weak person; the weak

1

sitting; stability

1

tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir

1

extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious

1

what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

7

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

dancer (usu. female)

1

setting a place; setting the table

1

to buy as a gift

1

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

1

unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank

1

to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

2

Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

1

dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)

4

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

15

celestial bodies; stars

20

borrowing

1

to let one's hair hang down

2

Marie; Maglie

174

cloche (hat); cloche (domed cover)

13

Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

6

hostile nature; inimical character

1

dynamic

3

steam

4

mine

4

glossy black hair; green hair

2

action before words; work before talk

1

secret service (intelligence agency); Secret Service (US)

1

arms buildup; military expansion

1

route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

1

pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous

5

to cite an example

1

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

2

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

1

to rebuild; to reconstruct

2

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

6

modesty; humility

1

cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie

2

housewarming gift; housewarming

2

counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.

32

item; article; dish; course; finest item

20