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racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)

2

to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

1

hero; manly person; warrior

1

the lower classes; the common people

1

model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook

1

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

1

be; is

3

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)

1

meow; miaow

1

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth

1

extremely; greatly; truly; really; (not) that much; (not) really

2

one's way (ahead); one's path

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

5

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

4

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)

1

foreign matter; impurities

1

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)

1

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)

10

to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

2

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

1

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

2

completion; perfection; accomplishment

3

sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

1

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-

2

"minor snow" solar term (approx. November 22)

1

work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

2

useless; no good; hopeless; cannot; must not; not allowed

1

title

3

to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink

2

landowner; landlord; landlady

2

Hawaii; Hawai'i

1

marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish

1

fishing with a pole

1

Rii

1

how!; what!; alas!

1

to name

1

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

1

village headman; village mayor

4

futures price; forward price; forward rate (of exchange)

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

advice

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

... years old; age (of) ...

2

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

1

cool down

1