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wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)

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substitution; replacement; shifting; change

1

sworn brother; buddy; pal

1

maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

2

to be boiled; to be cooked

1

tapeworm

1

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

1

reprimanding (a person) personally; personal reproof

1

night watch; night sentry

2

measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid

4

shoji (paper sliding door)

8

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

2

two weeks; fortnight

1

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

3

staying up all night

2

nursing (a patient)

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

2

putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty

2

assistance; backing; reinforcements

3

since when; from when; how long

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

1

plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot

2

quick; nimble; agile; sharp; shrewd; smart

1

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

1

to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover

1

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

2

to go to see; to visit

1

Kōchi (city, prefecture)

4

large number of people

1

rarely seen; uncommon

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

1

accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

1

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

1

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

2

to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit

1

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

1

main gate; front gate; latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha

1

memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of the 10th month; in Nichiren Buddhism)

1

counter for flags, banners, etc.

1

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

1

here and there; in places

1