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one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

2

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

3

to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch

1

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

domestically produced car

1

foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

7

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

2

to get hold of money

1

to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

2

folding screen

2

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

2

to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

1

to live; to make a living; to get on with

2

humble; modest

1

tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

8

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

1

low (level, value, price, etc.)

2

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

2

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

1

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

1

electricity; (electric) light

5

electric light

1

cut; reduction; curtailment

9

electricity charges; power rates

1

curtain; curtains

1

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

2

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

2

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

4

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

1

proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose

1

somewhat below; slightly below

1

to dilute; to water down

2

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

9

experiment

1

faucet; tap

2

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

2

precious; valuable

3

counter for drops of liquid

1

running water; stream

1

distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)

1

kilolitre; kiloliter

2

hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water

1

research and development; R&D

1