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ardent desire

5

elbow

4

novel; original; new; innovative

10

untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)

2

technique; art; skill; move

2

chance meeting

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

2

violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

5

Oda Sakunosuke (1913.10.26-1947.1.10)

2

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

5

Shimizu tunnel

2

to gaze long at

2

national border; provincial border

2

stoning; rock fight; stone-throwing fight; custom by which neighbours or friends threw rocks inside a couple's house on their wedding night

2

awe; fear; dread; fright

3

morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special

3

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

2

light brown; tawny

4

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

2

a lot; loads; plenty

2

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

2

suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line

4

foam; form

2

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

2

like; as if; the same as

2

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

2

the whole mountain

2

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

2

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

3

various kinds of small trees; assorted trees

2

conflagration; fire

2

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

2

dancing; dance

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)

2

to wave one's hand

2

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

2

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

2

rest; repose

4

to love

4

thoroughly; through and through

2

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

2

fluency; facileness

2

content of a letter

2

to hide; to keep to oneself

2

darkness; the dark

2

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

12

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

6

man; male; masculine gender

3