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lake

8

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

8

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

6

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

4

water's surface

2

thick; dense; luxuriant

1

thick; dense; luxuriant

2

forest; woods

1

in deep black; in jet black

1

bank; coast; shore

2

all over; all over the place; everywhere

2

huge rock; massive boulder

16

big snake; serpent

1

zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

3

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

4

intention; aim; design

2

than; other than; except; but

4

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

3

gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin

4

connection; relationship; origin; reason; motive (e.g. for an act)

1

reason; cause; history; origin

1

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

2

urgency; exigency; emergency

2

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

1

pond

3

address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

10

a certain ...

1

horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

9

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

8

violence; force

2

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

15

ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

1

edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

2

extensive; spacious

4

undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow

1

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

2

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

narrow path; narrow lane

1

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

10

sand dune; sand hill

5

sand hill; dune

5

slope; slanting surface; bevel

2

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

10

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

6

right under; directly below

1

brush

1

to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage

1