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child

16

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

7

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

20

ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

2

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

6

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

3

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

21

children

14

you (plural)

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

adds force or indicates command

2

unification of the whole country

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

141

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

congratulation; celebration

1

confusing people; magic; ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown

2

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

2

my; our; one's own

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

1

punishment; judgement; judgment

1

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

7

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

3

coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming

5

to escape; to run away

3

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

3

you

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

32

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

13

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

who

3

mask; disguise; guise; mask

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

210

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

1

calling on; visiting

1

sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)

29

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

106

to come back

6

ninja arts

2

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

1

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

2

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

5

Imai

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

7

Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

1