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to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

2

to kneel

5

approx. 30 cm

3

spring evening

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

2

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

2

sorting fruit

1

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

2

chilliness; coldness

1

to fear; to be afraid of

3

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

14

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

6

here and there; in places

3

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

4

painter; artist; painter supported by patron

1

folding screen

2

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

3

white

10

to remain unextinguished; to survive

1

lawn; sod; turf

3

you; dear; honey

7

artificial hill (in a garden)

1

young greens; young herbs

2

leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)

2

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

22

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

4

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

5

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

8

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

2

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

6

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

1

food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food

6

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

5

evening; dusk

5

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

17

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

4

remaining snow; lingering snow

1

to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight

1

small island; islet

7

rook

4

patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

1

biological younger brother

1

the ... in question

7

prayer; supplication

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

3

before long; even now

6

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

2