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pond

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to face on; to look out on to

1

coating (esp. lacquering)

3

sitting opposite each other

2

red carp; golden carp

1

hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion

3

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

5

ninja art of water-escape

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

1

times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel

1

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

such; like that; in that way

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

4

blessing; grace

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet

1

host and guest; the principal and the auxiliary; the principal and the subsidiary; subject and object; subject and object

2

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

1

(a person's) appearance; looks

1

low-rank person; menial

3

one's eyes; (pair of) eyes

1

Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)

1

cinnabar; vermilion (mercury sulfide); red color; vermilion pigment; elixir (esp. of immortality); pill

2

lip; lips

1

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

2

to lower; to be lowered

2

precipitous

3

Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)

2

(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

4

relation; relative; kind; cordial

1

high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services

2

even

3

perfection; flawlessness

1

arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition

1

self-will; obstinacy

1

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

1

servant; menial

1

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

2

inkstone case

1

paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka

2

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

2

in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; dimly; hazily; faintly

1

hot and humid; muggy; sultry

1

thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

1

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

9

worrying about; caring about

1

deceiving spirit

1

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

4