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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

2

to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance

3

(formal) shirt; dress shirt; shirt (as part of a school uniform); shirt with non-detachable cuffs and collar

4

noble visitor

1

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

2

to sit (down)

15

(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director

1

(conductor's) baton; beat; measure

1

right about-face

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

7

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

6

since then; after that

3

to keep running

1

aging society; ageing society

2

middle and old age

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

6

remarkable; striking; obvious

3

symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation

4

method of treatment; cure; remedy

11

survivor

6

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

1

to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

1

end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card

4

feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement

2

Hinohara Shigeaki (1911.10-)

1

talk; dialogue; conversation

5

terminal

1

literal (meaning; of a word, etc.)

2

end; close; conclusion; termination

2

the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

9

terminal care

2

idealistic theory; unrealistic argument

2

dignity; majesty; sanctity

3

being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)

2

to die

2

Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ

28

great writer; literary master; distinguished author

2

deathbed

1

from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial

2

to miss; to yearn for

1

nature; Mother Nature

2

to be intimate with; to befriend

3

smog

1

exhaust fumes

1

offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench

7

metropolis; big city

4

factory; plant; mill; workshop

3

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

1