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professional

6

modern state; modern nation

1

New Year's sake; spiced sake

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

2

control; management; supervision

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

7

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

2

eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial

2

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

6

esthetic; aesthetic

1

faking crying; crocodile tears

1

sacrifice

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

4

to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate

1

pattern resembling that of arrow feathers

1

fine pattern

1

gracefully; affectedly; mincingly

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

2

rational; logical; coherent

2

obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

10

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

2

Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

1

oneself; one's body

1

the ten precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue

1

object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami

1

angel

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker

2

small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly

1

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

1

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

21

and (also); both ... and; as well as

4

jealousy; envy

7

smooth and flat (e.g. of a prepubescent girl)

2

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

3

real name

1

to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)

3

bus (on a regular route); transit bus; fixed-route bus

1

to call out; to ask someone to come

2

together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality

2

opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting

2

old town; former town

1

government office building

1

development project (program, programme, plan)

1

multi-

13

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

8

southwest

1

attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness

1

self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

1

locals; local inhabitants

1