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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

24

kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

39

edict; public announcement

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

1

nine; 9

6

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

7

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

16

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

16

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

36

nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)

5

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

620

Japanese cobra lily (Arisaema ringens)

2

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

6

gold dust; silver dust; sand; grit

2

rural local self-government (Muromachi period)

1

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

5

in that way; thus; so; so?

46

cloth dyed in a dappled pattern; pattern of white spots; dapples; mochi containing red bean paste; (arch.) fawn

2

class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

3

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

44

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

19

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

86

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

this area; around here

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

8

Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

1

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

2

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

2093

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

4

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

3

be; is

97

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

3

literary world; literary circles

1

place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious

2

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

705

to extol; to give praise

1

inkstone

5

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

4

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

5

owned by the prefecture

2

car; vehicle

3

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

166

constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign

1

each one

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

879