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forest; woods

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standing tall; towering; soaring

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

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

2

watching from afar

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clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

2

professor; teaching; instruction

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

scene; view; prospect; outlook

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Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

2

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

2

peninsula; Korea

2

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

2

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

1

Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

2

islands

1

quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly

1

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

1

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

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therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?

1

first generation; founder

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

be; is

2

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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to see; to look; to watch

1

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

5

round shape; circle; circular form

1

round shape; circle; circular form

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

2

altar

8

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

rest omitted; and so on

1

inside; within

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

1

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

1

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

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leaving; quitting; retiring

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way; destination; reason

2

peach (Prunus persica)

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby

2

though; notwithstanding; although

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supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

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