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hard worker; hardworking person

2

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

1

mutation

2

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

11

to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

3

to come to a close (end)

1

(positive) economic effect

3

efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly

1

adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; (lit.) the ground hardens after it rains

1

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

1

wrapping paper

1

squalid; messy

1

charred; burnt black; scorched black

1

measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)

1

laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

1

limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft

1

Ansel

1

old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

49

speed reading

1

exclamation; admiration

1

careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal

1

henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

1

hypnopaedia; hypnopedia; sleep-learning

3

sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

5

ocean current

2

pirate

5

means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around

1

tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

15

shipwreck

2

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

14

cruise

1

seasickness

8

drifting ashore

2

slow; dim

1

(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

3

authenticity; credibility

9

resort

3

pleasant feeling; good feeling

1

person who has committed suicide

1

trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise

13

stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters

1

wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty

1

marine life; marine organism

1

charter

2

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

2

necessary; indispensable; must-have; must (juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine)

1

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

2

ghost ship; phantom ship

38

running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching

3