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to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

1

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

manufacture; production

1

to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay

1

drinking straw; straw

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

1

complicated and mysterious

1

pet cat

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(small crunchy) dried sardines

1

exchange; conversion

1

gatepost; pier

1

stray cat; alley cat

2

hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

1

expression of love; showing love

1

to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

1

treaty of friendship

1

conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

1

cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

1

to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

1

student days

2

lodging house

3

working adult; full-fledged member of society

1

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

5

calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat

1

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings

1

walking heavily; lumbering

1

hey; say; look

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

2

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

1

to sidle up to

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to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

1

tail (animal); tail end; tip

1

divine; sublime; solemn

1

mystery; mysteriousness; secret

1

generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia

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quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

since then; from that time; ever since

1

to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something

1

clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

1

behaviour; behavior

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impudent; brazen; shameless; bold

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flowerpot; plant pot

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