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undoubted; unmistakable; definite

3

to tell a lie; to fib

2

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

9

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

5

affinity; family relationship

2

reason; pretext; motive

6

birthplace

1

northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife

1

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

4

surname; family name; last name

1

empty space; empty sky

1

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

2

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

to answer a question

1

molecular biology

1

researcher

2

in great numbers

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

research and development; R&D

1

municipal government

1

high; high school

2

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

with a gulp

3

cherry blossom (colour, color)

5

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

5

negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

3

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

1

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

1

minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

1

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

1

gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

1

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

6

glossy; bright; slick

1

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

2

new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

1

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

8

slave traffic; slave dealer

1

evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil

1

one's own child; one's own children

1

mother

2