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to go up the stairs

3

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

3

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

1

to sniff; to smell

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

22

throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

1

Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit

2

pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

2

to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with

3

wooden (timber) building

1

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

1

to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully

1

right angle; perpendicular

1

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

1

countless; incalculable

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

Chiyodaku

2

martial arts stadium

1

Yasukuni Shrine

1

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

1

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

1

company office building

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

large-scale

2

example; precedent; case

2

to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

1

middle

5

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

3

nod; inclination of the head

2

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

2

as planned

1

thin or diluted ink

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

5

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

4

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

10

snakelike; snaky; serpentine

3

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

2

Edogawaku

1

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

1

commerce; trade; business

1