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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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age; era; period; date

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(within a) city; local

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

2

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

hill; height; knoll; rising ground

146

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

9

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

4

temple (Buddhist)

15

cemetery; graveyard

26

the Sun, the Moon and the stars; three non-rain 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)

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Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)

1

valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum

9

detour; circumvention; turning movement

1

cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

69

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

22

straightness

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

3

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

1

to; towards; for

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

4

Italy

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

5

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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stagecoach

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

3

lunch; midday meal

6

boarding house; school dormitory

13

(sudden) evening shower (rain)

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qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

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looking forward (to something); awaiting

3

look to (for help); look up to; reverence

2

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

7

like; similar to; same as

3

oneself; myself

2

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

69

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

1

especially; above all; particularly; among other things

1

above all; especially; particularly; all the more

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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government office; agency; board

2

great victory; crushing victory

3

shouting in a thunderous voice

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kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

3

cask; barrel

4

speaking of ...; as for ...

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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