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folk craft; folk art

3

centrepiece of a table

2

upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first

2

open secret

1

tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

1

self-introduction

1

direct method (of teaching foreign languages); natural method; direct method (crystallography); indicative mood

1

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

1

(telephone) receiver

1

to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient

1

ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

1

Morozov

1

autobiography

5

three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)

1

white cloth

1

to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant

2

(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire

1

to hit repeatedly

1

snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko

2

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

to string along (of rope, etc.)

1

right in front; just opposite; under the nose

1

generations; ages; years

2

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

1

languidly; loosely

2

fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

11

Shidzuko; Shizuko

3

to have (something) innate; to be born with

1

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

1

anchor

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

1

wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

1

masochistic; self-tormenting; self-deprecating

1

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

1

pan

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

Mako

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

1

clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler

1

celebration; congratulations

2

life in exile

1

unreserved

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

2

puppy; small dog

1

Inprecor

1

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

1