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to step back; to walk backwards

2

paintings and calligraphic works

2

unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune

2

intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted

1

founder of a religious sect

1

to form a circle; to stand in a circle

1

invitation

1

prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion

1

others; other people

1

to dirty one's hands

2

to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud

2

fool

2

dead person

1

exchange; conversion

2

big frame; large figure; huge body

3

indescribable; having no way to express

1

shorter way; shortcut

4

handling one's workmen

2

the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot

1

one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made

2

no trouble; easy; simple

1

fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail

1

enclosure; coralling; penning; enclosure (fencing off common land for individual ownership)

2

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

2

to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly

3

to go into a huddle

2

to rush back; to run back

2

the universe; the cosmos

1

Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

2

palace visit

1

precious stone (esp. jade); egg (esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha

1

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

2

White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

3

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

1

help; aid; support; assistance

2

like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...

1

ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

2

badminton

1

hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome

1

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

3

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

9

to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

7

heresy; heretical teachings; black magic

1

to take off one's glasses

1