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water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)

2

cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics

1

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

1

urge; demand; importunity

1

chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager

2

mistress; kept woman; concubine

7

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

10

rape; sexual assault

1

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

2

cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together

1

sexual indulgence

1

decision; determination

7

secrecy; highly classified information

4

taking part (in planning); participation

3

stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

6

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

22

consideration; taking into account

1

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

1

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

now that; since; so long as; because

1

slaughter; massacre

1

to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of

2

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

2

fierce dog; ferocious dog; savage dog

1

obeying meekly; faithfully following (one's master)

1

animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute

1

to be the case that

6

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

1

to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

2

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

4

same quality; same nature; homogeneous

2

one season; one year (esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment)

1

half-year (sometimes esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment); half of a season

1

low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

3

easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose

1

uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

1

meaning; called; said

1

skilled but shoddy; skilled but without style; skilled but lacking in refinement; skilled but shoddy performer; person who is skilled but lacks taste

1

persuasion

6

rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety

1

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

18th day of the month; 18 days

10

strong wind; high wind; moderate gale

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

4

downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

1

god of a cooking stove

2

temporary bridge; makeshift bridge

1

outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)

1

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

2