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endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

4

if you insist (on it)

2

to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

10

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

11

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

10

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

2

collection of books; (personal) library

3

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

7

library

2

to find out; to discover; to detect

4

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

9

papermaking; paper manufacture

2

printing

1

parchment

2

pen

2

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

2

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

2

spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

2

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

2

summit (of a mountain)

2

wrinkle; crease; ripple

6

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

2

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

7

steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat); silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)

3

court lady; lady-in-waiting

9

to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

5

ankle-length (clothes); maxi (skirt, dress, etc.); floor-length (clothes); maxim

9

things; everything

4

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

3

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

snow; snowfall

8

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

5

to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

5

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

2

blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

1

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

3

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

word game; wordplay; playing with words

2

raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged

1

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

2

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

2

to amuse oneself; to make merry

3

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

7

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

2

concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)

1

lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

3

normal course (of action); proper course; regular way

1