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perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual

1

interested person; volunteer; supporter

1

banquet; invitation to a party; party

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

4

to hurry; to rush

1

Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

1

splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri

2

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

2

taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life

2

main street

2

back street; back alley; slums

1

to open a business

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

old furniture; curios; secondhand goods

1

satisfactory; decent

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

8

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

2

spelling; orthography; patching; binding

4

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

2

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

1

imitation; sham; -like

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

greenhouse; icehouse; cellar

2

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

6

topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

25

night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm)

1

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

2

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

printing type; movable type; printed text; print

2

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

2

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

1

publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)

4

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

4

man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

8

walk; promenade

1

excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)

3

first volume (in set); volume one; book one

3

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

1

reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

1

title; caption; heading

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

1

general; shogun

5

children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head

3

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

2