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hardship; toil; trouble

2

to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

2

to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)

1

common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree

2

to mature (esp. by fermentation); to ripen (e.g. wine, cheese); to be properly aged; (arch.) to rot

1

seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

2

arista; awn; (grain) beard

7

grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

1

mountain village

2

to be intimate with; to befriend

2

sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

2

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

5

to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

1

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

3

wood (for building); lumber; timber

1

Monday

1

wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships

1

in spite of; regardless of

1

crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure

1

good material; good timber; able persons

1

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.

1

to paint over heavily; to plaster up

1

to dilute; to water down

1

beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms

1

one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements

2

ancestor; forefather; foremother

51

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

10

commoner; plebeian

7

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

11

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

3

infancy; childhood; tender age

5

to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in

1

one's own house; own; personal; autologous

2

friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement

2

mixed; mingled

1

both families

5

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

22

maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation

4

to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

1

eldest brother

1

studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study

1

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

1

family lineage

6

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

family or person with samurai ancestors

14

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

5

weather; climate; disposition; temperament

1

Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

3

hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations

2

to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

3