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but; however; even though; even if

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essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

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similar to; like

2

to look towards

3

black (colour, color)

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to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

4

considerably; greatly; a lot

2

trivial; not amounting to much

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to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

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troublesome; annoying; complicated

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summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

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vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

wrist

3

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

5

like that; so

2

to be silent; to say nothing

1

to do

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

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what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

to twine around

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

6

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

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to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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right under; directly below; right beneath

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to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

4

each; every; all

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

6

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

4

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

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just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

4

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

4

ardent; passionate; vehement

1

one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position

6

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

1

avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling

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for example

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palette; pallet

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paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

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using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

2

to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn

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pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

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hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible

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ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

2

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

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