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children's story; fairy tale

2

hibernation; staying indoors during winter

1

playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler

1

fable; allegory

2

food storage; provision store; pantry

3

playing the victim; playing the victim card

1

to be caught

2

to hoist; to lift up; to (crowd around and) rebuke; to (gang up and) criticize; to reproach severely

1

tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

1

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

2

I thought so; I suspected as much; just as I thought; now you're talking; that's the spirit

1

feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture

4

segment; slice; section; intercept

2

cracker; party popper; cracker; cracker

4

blue cheese

1

all; everything

1

drinking bout; merrymaking

3

extremely; highly

4

a morning drink (of sake)

1

Kōya

1

flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly

3

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)

1

obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

1

sherry

3

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

2

Cyprus

1

Island; insula; island; islet

2

sea urchin; seasoned sea urchin eggs

2

pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused

2

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

5

summit (of a mountain)

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

2

bitch; shameless woman

1

character; disposition; spirit; temperament

1

to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)

1

cool; refreshing

2

to blow through; to blow across

6

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

3

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

3

Aného

1

Taiwan

1

dried mullet roe

2

red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus); gurnet; sea robin

1

rhyme; lime (Citrus aurantifolia); lime (mineral)

2

sake (rice wine); saké

1

sake; Japanese rice wine

1

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing

1

idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon

1

mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

1

to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

1