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honour; honor

4

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

9

he; she; that guy

41

trivial; trifling

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

5

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

3

I see; that's right; indeed

29

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

8

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

3

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

3

(romantic) love

2

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

10

while; during (the time when)

1

fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness

1

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

3

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

80

the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

6

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

4

than; other than; except; but

6

non-drinker; someone who cannot drink

1

(Satsuma) to be

2

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

6

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

9

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

2

throughout Japan

5

to remember; to keep in mind

1

Nagano (city, prefecture)

1

Shuzen

1

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

1

kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)

2

sour look; surly face; pout

2

my husband; one's family; family member

2

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

17

to take care of

7

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

2

earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

2

please stop

1

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

2

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

27

to subsist; to keep on living

20

(dead) body; corpse

2

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

6

the last moment; the very end

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

evening; night; dinner

21

we; us

14

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

12