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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

6

this much; this amount

1

ungenerous; poor in spirit; with no great feelings

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

patient; persevering

1

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

3

European pear (Pyrus communis); common pear

1

straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (of a ship); forefoot

1

to need; to call for; to require

1

old woman

23

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

1

reliance; dependence

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

3

evergreen

1

hedge

1

garden tree

1

one part; one portion; one section

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

1

to keep (a person) waiting

1

housekeeper; maid

2

brick

1

finish; finishing; finishing touches

1

standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge

1

fireplace; hearth; stove

4

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

4

ivory

2

white; correction fluid; white-out

2

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

2

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

client; requester

6

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

3

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)

68

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

1

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

1

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

curling inwards (esp. of the tips of one's hair)

1

curl (of hair); ringlet

1

drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

1

blue-black (color, colour)

2

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power

3

orchid

1

light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight

1

the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

1

coffee table

1