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spectator; sightseer; onlooker

4

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

2

to keep a watchful eye on

1

festival marking the start of boating season

1

fireworks

1

the slightest bit of room; (lit.) room to stand a gimlet (on its end)

1

so far as

1

thief; robber

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

1

arson; incendiarism

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

you; I; me; oneself

2

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

1

to be in complete attendance

2

person of high rank or income

2

travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

2

bodyguard; escort

1

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

2

Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

1

treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier

1

how many people

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

haughty; arrogant; supercilious

2

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

1

once; some time ago

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

1

sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)

1

late at night

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

stateroom; cabin

1

morning; forenoon; just before noon

1

to shine (of the Sun)

1

front; frontage; facade; main

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

5

crosswind; side wind

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

guardhouse

3

quantity or volume of water

1

to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to

1

to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

1

wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper

5

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

2

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

4

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

1

short break; breather

1