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history; pedigree; lineage

2

self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent

1

thug; hooligan

1

mystique

1

to fade; to become dim

1

cooking; kitchen work

2

to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen

2

taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

2

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

2

sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room

2

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

2

one's son; punk; brat; bastard

1

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

4

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

1

soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

1

to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)

3

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

2

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

2

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

hunting

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

2

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

1

impressive; striking; memorable; impactful

2

to lift; to turn over; to fold over

2

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

3

interval; step; pitch; key

1

singing voice; (sound of) singing

2

to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

1

literary

1

sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity

1

companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

7

to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

1

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

literature

2

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

the street; the town

1

popular song; hit song

1

melody; tune

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

daily installment; daily instalment

1

to knead well; to polish; to refine

1

famous literary composition

1

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

2

high; noble; refined; advanced

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

3

background music; BGM

1

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1