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pace; step; cadence

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

1

painter; artist

1

brush (for painting, basting, etc.)

1

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

1

to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely

3

fallen snow; snow cover

1

gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme

1

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white

1

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

1

spacious; vast; wide

2

heat (from a flame)

1

party of two

1

speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

but; however; although

1

master; teacher; stable master

1

ha ha ha (laughter)

1

hard to reach place; remote place

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

1

property; fortune; assets

1

Echigoheiya

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

1

blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith

1

development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability

1

straw

2

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

1

to line up; to form a party

2

cooked rice; food; meal

1

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

1

Quanzhou (China); Chinchew

1

without

1

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

Kōchi (city, prefecture)

1

(another's) son

1

wife; the missus

1

dad; father

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam

1

strange voice

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia-period method of Chinese divination)

1

snow-laden clouds

1

mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith

1