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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

2

neat and clean; tidy; trim

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)

26

cartoon-character costume

4

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

1

tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

2

splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

3

to make an appearance

2

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

3

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

to be too long

1

balance

2

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

2

object; body; solid

1

aggressor; invader

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

2

natto (fermented soybeans)

14

styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

2

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

2

questions and answers; dialogue

1

colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows

1

to become desperate; to give in to despair

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

1

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

1

(male) waiter; bellboy

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

to take someone's hand

4

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

3

to sniffle; to snivel

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

to collapse into; to flop onto

2

rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

2

to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled

1

chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

1

-fold; -ply

1

so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

5

to help up

3

reality; actuality; hard fact

2

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

song; ballad

1

melody; chime

1

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

4

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

2