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thicket; coppice; brushwood

2

self-defense; self-defence

1

timing

2

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

1

to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour

1

large snowflakes

1

bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white

2

to dye; to colour; to color

1

to hide; to conceal

5

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

1

cavern; cave; cave system; grotto

1

second day of the month; two days

2

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

3

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

1

to paste together

1

daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

2

laborer; labourer; workman

1

to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

6

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

2

party of two

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

2

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

to close; to shut

5

to limp

1

darkish; dusky

2

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

3

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

3

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

1

loafing; indolent; lazy; hey

1

eye socket; orbit

1

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

1

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

2

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

2

distant

4

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

4

wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions

3

police substation; residential police box

3

to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side

1

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

3

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

3