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(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

1

interval; break; pause; spare moment

2

mountain climber; mountaineer

4

all year round

2

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

4

tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.; place for assignations; (Edo-period) brothel

2

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

3

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

2

cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

1

cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

2

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

5

custom; common practice; habit

2

abolition of licensed prostitution

2

brothel

3

prostitute; harlot

1

to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

1

seashore; beach; food wrapped in nori

2

Matsuida

1

mountain stream

3

without doing

1

lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

to begin talking; to open up

1

Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

well

3

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

3

lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)

1

forked road

2

(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route

1

guardhouse

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

(passing along) from mountain to mountain

1

Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

2

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

6

black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

2

short sword; small sword

2

(rocky) beach; seashore

13

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

2

under the eaves

2

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

2

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

was; were

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

4

Tsukuba

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

4

drop (e.g. of water); drip

3

drop (e.g. of water); drip

4

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

2