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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)

4

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

1

generously; liberally; magnanimously

2

negligence; carelessness; mistake

1

chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

1

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

1

wicked; evil

2

nimbly; lightly

1

to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind

1

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

3

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap

3

scrotum; balls

1

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

5

reason; right

3

poverty

1

one and only; unique

1

principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; idol; icon; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

1

parting; farewell

9

tele-; telephone; television; Terret (wine grape variety)

1

to creep; to crawl

2

the following; next

3

traffic jams at the end of a (multi-day) holiday caused by returning vacation-goers

1

to mark the end; to spell the end

1

prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

2

last spurt; final spurt; home stretch

3

first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

2

yearned for; longed for; missed

5

constrained; uncomfortable; awkward

3

desert

4

lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance

2

assistance; aid; support

2

U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

3

to meet; to greet

1

noted product; local specialty

2

keeping well (of food); keeping for a long time

2

offering; sacrifice

2

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

2

neighbouring prefecture

2

original; novel; new

4

distant place; faraway location; far away

3

trip abroad; overseas travel

2

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

12

aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser

2

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

3

fermented tofu; stinky tofu; smelly tofu

2

best in the world

2

Sweden

2

fermented food

2

surströmming (Swedish dish of fermented herring)

2

direct import; direct importation

2