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development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

2

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

2

light (weight)

2

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

1

hermitage; retreat

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

2

to miss a chance; to fail to do

2

noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions

2

near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

2

unexpected meeting; coincidence

2

to tower; to rise; to soar

1

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

1

every morning

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

bottled beer; bottle beer

2

only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces

1

next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor

1

all you can drink; bottomless cup

2

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

solitude; loneliness; isolation

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

4

fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

3

restaurant

1

Noriko

3

blog; weblog

3

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist

1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

3

shampoo

1

(hair) rinse; (hair) conditioner

1

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

2

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

2

niece

1

papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

5

inevitable; necessary

1

object of romantic interest

3

menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu

3

cold (drinking) water

1

to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

2

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

2

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

1

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

6

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

1

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

2

favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

1