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passing the winter; hibernation

2

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

5

exact; precise

2

absence; non-attendance

1

medium (cooked, roasted, etc.); (of) middle degree; medium; intermediary substance; media

1

hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

3

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

section meeting

2

owner

1

feudal lord

2

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

5

head house (family); birthplace; originator

1

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

8

father

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

1

to turn against; to become an enemy

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

2

speech; address

2

someone (something) not to be trifled with

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

basis for decision; evidence for judging

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

4

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

2

hostility; antagonism; opposition

6

port of call

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

2

food self-sufficiency rate

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

3

field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

1

total population

1

100,000; hundred thousand

2

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

3

unripe plum

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

6

agricultural land; farmland

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

5

control; management (e.g. of a business)

2

number of persons; personnel

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

spacious; vast; wide

4

spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

4

cooking; food preparation

2

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

2

knowledge; information

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

1