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ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

2

return; coming back

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myrrh

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

4

willowy; graceful

2

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

3

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

1

glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

4

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

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underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld

5

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

3

polite; respectful; reverent

2

to overlap

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

4

extremely delighted

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to come back

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apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

2

nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

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to do

2

best regards; please take care of; please do

3

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

2

to fear; to be afraid of

2

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

before long; even now

1

unimpressive; unimpressed

1

before long; even now

4

you (plural)

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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always; constantly

2

1,000; thousand

1

to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing

3

to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

1

the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

4

time; labour; labor

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

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trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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mother

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again; once more; a second time

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jet black

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