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ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)

1

seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign

2

female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch.) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses

1

(short-term) leave allowed a servant

3

perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); side wheel throw (judo)

1

misty, moonlit night; (spring) night with a hazy moon

1

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

1

to do

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residents of the capital; townsfolk

1

acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)

5

imperial bridal party's entry into the court

2

to apologize sincerely; to apologise sincerely

1

maid of honor; maid of honour

2

to be well-known; to be famous

1

to despise; to belittle; to look down on

1

to grow (of moss, etc.)

1

to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away

1

prince; princess

2

crown prince

5

your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)

2

banishment; exile

4

adultery; misconduct; intrigue; criminal connection

3

Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

2

rise and fall; ups and downs

1

estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage

1

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

short spring night

1

manor; demesne

1

precarious situation; precarious state

1

sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

1

setting on fire; setting afire

1

to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with

1

the late emperor

2

lifelike; exact resemblance

1

chopsticks

1

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face

1

stiff neck; stiff shoulders

1

fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

1

mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours

1

discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry

1

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

staying the night; lodging (at)

2

being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings

1

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

2

territory

1

however; but

1

to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

1

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

abdication

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