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honorific/polite/humble prefix

3

returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

1

guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

5

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

2

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

4

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

2

like that; so

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

1

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

1

hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)

1

ahead; before; ago

4

had better ...; had better not ...

7

dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

1

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

5

to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

6

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

2

dilapidated house; deserted house

1

-ish; -like

1

to increase; to grow

2

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

1

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

1

plant; vegetation

1

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

1

edge of the eaves; house frontage

1

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

5

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

2

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

21

bed

5

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

7

your Highness; his Highness; her Highness

3

tea party

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

2

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

1

what day; how many days

3

to count on one's fingers

1

a number of days

1

to count; to enumerate

1

Elysium; Elysian Fields; abode of blessed heroes after death (in Greek mythology)

3

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

2