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major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

jokingly; in the form of a joke

2

to shut up; to imprison

1

remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

2

lending and borrowing

1

seventh day of the month; seven days

1

garbage man; garbage collector

1

full use; extensive use; complete utilization

1

little something; reward; tip

1

a size smaller

2

expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility

4

wire; wire rope

9

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

1

expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility

1

coating; covering; cover

3

crystallization

3

pearl

63

pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)

2

mother-of-pearl

8

mayonnaise

6

chemical experiment; chemistry experiment

1

aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising

2

oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!

3

appointment

2

superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn

1

column shape; cylinder; columnar

2

elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible

1

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

3

network

5

barbed wire

5

fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw

4

a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some

1

one's (living) environment

2

to stick to

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

3

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

3

minute adjustment; fine tuning

4

minuscule amount; extremely small quantity

5

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

deposit and withdraw; taking in and out

2

blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish

2

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

3

water fountain

1

water ball; large inflatable sphere that allows a person inside it to walk across the surface of a body of water

1

to clap

2

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

2

visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support

1

to head home; to leave for home

1

hokora; small wayside shrine

5

wear; abrasion

1