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to smile

4

objective

10

weeping; lamenting

6

grinning; smirking

11

banquet or reception hall

81

easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

2

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

6

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

74

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

2

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

2

accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

2

to become (formal)

4

equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on

9

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

8

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

6

banquet hall

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

28

four corners; four ordinal directions

2

historical play; period drama

6

fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

7

fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

8

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

22

light; lamp

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

to laugh scornfully

11

for use of customers or guests

1

mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)

4

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

37

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

3

to settle down

6

special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu

4

loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home

4

clothes; outfit; uniform

3

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

5

impoliteness

2

should not; must not

7

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

15

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

4

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

11

straw raincoat

4

straw raincoat

6

as (somebody) says

18

no!; no no!; no, not at all

7

sympathy; compassion; pity

9

supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory

1

state; country; nation

7

small country

1

to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

6

division into equal parts; equal parts

5