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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

2

in this manner; in this way; like this

2

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

2

all night

1

potted tree

1

even without doing; even without being

1

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

4

kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove

10

quadrilateral; square

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

3

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

1

leading figure; influential figure; mogul

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

1

Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

1

Okuni

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

1

respect and affection; love and respect

1

wit and beauty

2

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

3

Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

1

both parties; both sides

12

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

1

inconvenience; hard living

1

rouge and powder; cosmetics

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

2

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

1

bright or beautiful eyes

2

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

to take a seat; to sit; to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

1

to amuse oneself; to make merry

1

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

2

yearning; longing for; deep affection

6

sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely

1

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

2

to smile

2

scarlet; red

2

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

3

(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)

1

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

1

open air; outdoors; outside

5

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

1

silent contemplation

1

to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points

2

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

2

various kinds of small trees; assorted trees

4

ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

1