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coming and going; commuting

2

housekeeper; maid

3

mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

2

funeral

1

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

2

complete works; complete collection; complete series

1

motif

1

illustrator

1

germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign

1

eternal; unlimited; endless

1

real estate business

1

housewife

1

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)

1

women's writing; literature written by women

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II

1

original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page

1

first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

1

ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

1

to go on reading

1

heroine; female protagonist

1

Emperor Gofukakusa 1243-1304 (offically reigned as a child 1246-1259)

1

undersash; belt

2

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

1

unhappy; sad; gloomy

1

celebrities; notables

1

unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

1

pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

2

who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?

1

Halloween

1

French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick

4

bamboo basket

1

to shade an account; to add something extra

1

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

15

combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

2

to impress; to charm

1

bakery; baker; pastry shop

11

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

3

supermarket

2

butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop

1

greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop

1

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

2

cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)

2

edge of the eaves; house frontage

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

1