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nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

5

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

2

winter

2

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

foreboding

1

no matter how much time passes

2

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

2

every year; yearly; annually

1

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

4

travelling alone; solitary journey

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

appearance; demeanor; demeanour

1

to have occasion to do

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

1

comfort (in living place)

1

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

residential area

1

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

1

Kamakura (city)

1

skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

1

skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

1

rice field

1

icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

2

temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

1

happy-go-lucky

2

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

3

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth

1

Edo dialect

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

3

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

1

influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings

2

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

1

awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely

1

quick; simple; neat

2

overanxiety; needless worry

1

pine forest

1

moonlight; moon; moonbeams

2

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

2

to tremble; to shiver; to shake

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

2