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grandfather; male senior-citizen

5

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

hawk; falcon

2

God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan

2

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

2

residence; housing; residential building

2

building

1

to walk

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

1

oh, yes?; really?

3

construction; architecture (of buildings)

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

2

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

2

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

2

count; earl

2

residence; mansion

2

Jiyuu Gakuen (Christian school with a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright); Jiyu Gakuen

1

tomorrow; near future

1

house; hall; building

1

Tsukijihonganji

1

garden; park

1

art gallery; art museum

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

1

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

1

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 calamity

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

1

to fall in love

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

1

freedom; liberty

1

to embrace each other

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

3

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

2

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

3

kiss

7

someone; somebody

1

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

1