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six (long cylindrical things)

4

languid; listless

3

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

to pinch and crush; to pinch out

1

faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction

1

Houji

2

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

3

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

1

to strangle to death

1

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

lust; sexual appetite

4

failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name

1

Yorimitsu

13

to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

1

fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

3

regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat

2

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

5

to narrow; to contract

1

to go to meet somebody

1

only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

2

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

36

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

2

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

4

wild-animal tamer

1

ringing; sound

1

divine beast

11

to die

1

to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

1

mental condition; state of mind; mentality

1

stray dog; ownerless dog

1

measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)

1

evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation

1

characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself

1

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

2

water well

4

end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate

2

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

3

to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal

2

arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)

1

memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child

4

relative; relation; kin

2

grandmother

1

Tuesday

12

to go over one's head; to be beyond one's comprehension

1

carefully; with caution

1

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

24

thousands; several thousand

2