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tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

2

one ken; six feet

1

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

1

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

drunkard

4

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

3

narcotic; drug; dope

1

it seems that; as if

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

5

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

1

ardor; enthusiasm

1

contrastive

4

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

2

to pull one's hair back into a bun

1

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

2

hot pursuit; hot chase

1

unpleasant feeling

1

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

3

man

1

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

mother; mom; mum; wife

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

5

gambling

1

drinking buddy

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

2

Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth

1

age 10

4

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

1

to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

1

notice; attention; observation

1

silhouette

1

end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation

2

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

alcoholism

1

state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

4

to excel; to surpass

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

1

garage; carport; depot (trains, buses, etc.)

10

Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)

10

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

2

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

1

dusk; twilight

3

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

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common reed (Phragmites australis)

4

thicket; coppice; brushwood

4

tall (of a person)

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