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to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

2

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

4

digression; many divergences

1

to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

1

queer; odd; fantastic

1

honor; honour; credit; prestige

8

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

8

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

1

failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

5

to be worried; to be troubled

21

dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding

1

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

2

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

3

expression; presentation; representation; notation

12

reproachful; hateful; bitter

3

just before

6

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

3

back of head

3

prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

2

huge breasts; huge boobs

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

4

temple (side of head)

8

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

3

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

16

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

7

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

8

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

3

finish; completion; the end

4

hello; good day; good afternoon

15

library; book collection; paperback book

2

story; tale; talk; discussion

33

Turkey; turquoise

3

image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

4

crab-canning boat

1

Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933)

1

overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

56

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

2

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

1

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

1

Dancer in the Dark

1

Hōgen era (1156.4.27-1159.4.20)

1

revolt; rebellion; war

1

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

4

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

2

very bottom; rock bottom

1

revolutionary (e.g. technology)

1

love

1

romantic comedy; rom-com

2

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

3