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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

9

(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger

2

wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

2

extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer

1

tight skirt; straight skirt

2

minor; not of age

1

wine glass

1

red wine

1

fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive

1

philosopher's stone

85

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

2

supplement; complement

1

catalyst

1

half and half; fifty-fifty

2

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

4

junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways

5

bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism

5

political situation; political affairs

1

lethal

1

contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

1

big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak

1

decline; fall; decay; withering

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

1

let bygones be bygones; (lit.) the past is the past, the present is the present

1

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

1

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

1

to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

1

whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

1

sincere; honest; faithful

6

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

5

nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

3

national interests

1

to visit; (arch.) (original meaning) to make a noise

2

to snatch from; to steal from

2

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good

1

bad habit; vice

1

originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

4

to slide down (snow, etc.)

5

Japanese-style confectionary store

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

2

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

1

Board of Education

1

clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine

1

to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear

1

deadly serious; deadly earnest

1

to bind up; to tie up

2