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wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

3

assistance in supporting a family

1

fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress

5

holiday; day off

6

helper; assistant; help

2

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

4

bargain; good buy; budget

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

large serving; large portion

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

3

cost price

1

because; since

3

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

5

Kajii Motojirou

1

lemon

1

out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

1

to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

2

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

3

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

second floor; upstairs

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

4

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

2

Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji

1

tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

spacious; vast; wide

2

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

2

disintegration; degradation; decay

1

to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

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

vacuum; hollow; empty

1

area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

1

support; backing; patronage

1

noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

2

left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1

Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)

2

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

3

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

4

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

5

net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective

1

poisoning; addiction

1

real life; actual life; everyday life

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

2

completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

1