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no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

very interesting; of great interest

2

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

4

biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence

1

to go along; to walk along; to follow

1

in those days

1

undefeated record; clean record; no losses

1

standard-bearer; flag-bearer

2

various

2

roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)

2

thinking back now

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

2

fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit

1

criticism; blame; rejection; flick (of the finger)

2

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

4

to be silent; to say nothing

6

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

1

literally; to the letter; literal

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

1

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

1

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

3

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

2

trivial; not amounting to much

1

hexagon

1

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

6

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

4

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

3

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

2

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

5

if it is the case that ...

8

phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem

1

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

negative; minus

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

2

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

3

writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

1

anthology

1

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

1

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

2