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sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

2

to feel as though ...

2

issue; offspring; paternal blood

1

noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)

3

silence; stillness; quietness

4

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

to clear one's name

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

sealing hermetically; sealing (up)

2

womb; uterus

2

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

1

solution (liquid)

21

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

3

pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects

5

to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)

1

to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

1

to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths

1

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

3

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

1

refreshing; clear

2

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

7

to teach tricks to

1

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

4

guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)

2

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

1

inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral

2

having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth

1

water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied (orig. used for keeping birds and wildlife away)

2

(in) the mountains; (among) the mountains; (through) the mountains; (in a) mountain valley

2

... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

2

personality; style; appearance

2

evergreen tree; (an) evergreen

1

indoor bath; bath for family (not public) use

3

(taking) a bath

1

to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack

2

to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on

1

mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen

1

to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender

3

to talk to oneself; to mutter

2

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

1

to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains

1

mountain range; mountain belt

2

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

2

to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

3

having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full

2

not only ... but (also); as well as ...

4

not caring; not giving a damn

4

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

1

to explain the situation

2

to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

2