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full-length mirror

3

red (color, colour)

3

pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

3

common camellia (Camellia japonica)

3

Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)

1

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

1

dark green

1

forget-me-not blue

3

Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)

2

decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

4

decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper; Antenoron filiforme; Polygonum filiforme

4

flat; even; level

2

this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

1

pelican crossing; pedestrian light controlled crossing; push-button activated pedestrian crossing; push-button operated

1

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

3

repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)

1

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

motif

1

modern style; modernness

1

un-Japanese in appearance or character

1

earring

1

teak (Tectona grandis); cheek; cheek rouge; blusher

1

flush; blush

1

white kimono

1

huge success

3

neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance

1

planned; scheduled; systematic

1

to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

5

to look forward to

2

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke

1

imitation crab meat; crab sticks

1

crab

3

hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

1

underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet

1

ventral

1

collar points; tip of a collar

1

part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono)

1

part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission

2

cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

2

abdomen

2

being in tune (with each other); being on the same wavelength; being leaked (of information, secrets, etc.); (passing through) without hindrance; unobstructed

1

bridge of nose

3

viscously; sticky; gooey

1

Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)

3

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

1

comfortably; easily

2

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

4

merry voices (e.g. of children playing)

1