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clerical work

1

ball game; playing catch

1

to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

1

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

2

veil

2

ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge

1

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

1

to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded

1

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

2

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

4

to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

5

delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity

1

to torment; to torture; to harass

1

sense of purpose

2

obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea

1

constructing and selling a ready-built house

1

tall (of a person)

2

side; beside; feature of a sword blade

3

side gate; side door; service entrance

2

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

2

roof tile

1

history; pedigree; lineage

3

typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style

1

Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

2

barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial

1

camera

1

Doberman

1

accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice

2

construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation

1

secret information; intelligence

2

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

3

thicket; coppice; brushwood

6

gravel

2

pond

2

samurai residence

1

viscosity

1

antiquity; ancient times

1

to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

1

stillness; quiet; peacefulness

3

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

1

large family; extended family

1

noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

1

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

2

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

1

it's not like; it isn't as if

2

internal conditions; true state of affairs

1