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honour; honor

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

9

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

2

by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible

2

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

this year

1

to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to

1

woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age

1

hell

4

tall, lanky person; bean pole; tall and thin; tall and lanky

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

3

surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully

1

long; drawn-out; very long

2

to hang; to dangle

4

skeleton

3

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

4

fate; destiny; predestination

2

goddess; female deity

1

tier; tear

2

finding fault (with); being picky

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

5

to turn towards; to point

2

to get too skinny

3

lava

1

beyond expression; unspeakable; inexpressible; indescribable

1

cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal

2

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

latent disposition; inner feelings

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

1

to get dry

4

all; entire; whole; altogether

2

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

3

well; now; then

5

bundle; pack; bunch

1

diadem; jeweled crown

1

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

3

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

3

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

1

to raise; to set up

1

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

2

earring

1

long-bodied

1

to impress (someone)

1

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

2

plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

1

finish; finishing; finishing touches

2