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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

3

to see through; to see the true nature of something

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

3

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

3

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

population; common talk

1

cousin (male)

2

one house; the same house; detached house

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

6

Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

3

town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

2

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

2

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

3

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

3

village office; local administration office in a village

1

Shinto shrine

8

doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

1

shop; small store; business; firm

3

residence; housing; residential building

2

to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

1

one lump; one group

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

3

to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord

1

rural landscape; rural scenery

1

cousin (elder male)

1

pump

1

to work as; to pursue as a vocation

2

older brother and younger sister

2

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

3

to polish up; to shine up

1

to feel as though ...

3

breakfast

1

to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

2

seashell; shell

3

pink

1

snail; spiral shell

1

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

to gather

1

open sea; Okinawa

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

16

eyebrow

1

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

8

old lady; ma'am

8

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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