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Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text

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dry Japanese confectionery; dry Japanese sweets

5

freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

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sharing a meal

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a great variety of; diversity

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fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)

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dried persimmons

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to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size

1

gyūhi; soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour, somewhat similar to Turkish delight

1

autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

2

leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors

1

interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)

1

trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd

1

great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace

1

sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast

1

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

4

rib; rib cage

1

physical strength

1

affirmative

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

1

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

1

to speak brazenly; to never shut up

1

to flutter in the wind; to wave in the wind

1

to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)

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clear autumn sky

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to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel

1

thatched hut

5

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

1

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

1

joke; playfulness; kidding around

1

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

2

school badge; school emblem; school insignia

1

Kira

1

printing

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Mino paper (var. of Japanese paper)

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naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation

2

chamfering; beveling; bevelling; rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners

1

straight grain; quartersawn grain

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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo

1

moderate; proper; just right

2

bark (of a tree)

1

element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source

1

periodic table

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eyepiece; ocular lens

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flowering plant; flower; ornamental plant

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