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to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

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exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

3

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

2

music; old Japanese court music; gagaku

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generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

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hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

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the latter

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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tea drinking

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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customer; client; patron

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art of conversation

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to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

3

wit and intelligence

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

3

altogether; entirely

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

wave; ups and downs

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to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing

2

untouched; unused; intact

1

calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

2

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

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reduction by half; halving

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incense

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to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

2

word; remark; statement

2

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

how long; how far; how much

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cake served with tea; teacake

2

dairy products (esp. butter)

2

to smell sweet; to be fragrant

1

baked sweets

1

immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

really; truly

1

gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

2

to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

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to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

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devious; cunning; sly; crafty

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lunatic; madman

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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welcome; reception

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to come to mind; to pop into one's head

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coherence; consistency

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that; the matter in question

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