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gust of wind; vanguard

1

to kick up

3

four o'clock

2

Okaemon

10

tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle

1

Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

1

forearm

2

snow storm; blizzard

3

recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

1

to raise (one's voice)

1

hundred; 100; (a great) many

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

2

to throw (oneself); to hurl; to cast; to stir (one's feelings); to get excited; to make (one's heart) pound

1

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability

1

the blue sea; blue waters

1

Sikh

1

defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth

1

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

2

Mali

1

keno (casino game); kino (gum, resin); kino (cinema)

1

dawn

1

plants; vegetation

1

one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours)

1

machigumi; self-governing organization for towns and cities (Muromachi to Meiji periods)

2

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

3

generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation

1

close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)

2

to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely

2

all members; whole army

3

three words

2

two groups; two bands

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

2

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

1

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

1

guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

1

to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

2

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

filing off (in a parade)

1

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

2

monkey

1

arm disability; someone with disabled arms

1

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

1

altogether; entirely

1

showing no sign (of)

1

tip; point; end; (very) beginning; start

1

scene; spectacle; sight; view

4

to jump from one thing to another

1

fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead

1