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awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

4

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

pale; pallid; inexperienced; immature; face without makeup

1

yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)

7

wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

1

to run about; to rush about

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

2

fifteen; 15

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

2

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

revolt; rebellion; war

2

heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman

4

lofty building; tall building

1

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

2

(roof) beam

1

rainbow

1

face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder

3

personal ornament (adorned with gemstones, and usu. worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues); necklace; diadem; moulded decoration hanging from the edges of a Buddhist canopy, gables, etc.

1

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

1

the four seasons

2

foundation stone; cornerstone

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

1

large fish

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

4

enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)

3

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)

4

standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step; being unsettled; being restless; high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

2

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

2

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

2

bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

3

painting red; vermillion lacquering

1

hinged door

1

both; many; various; together

1

door; gate; opening; title page

6

(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly

1

to open; to unfold; to spread out

1

curtain; hanging; veil (of darkness, mystery, etc.); mantle

1

light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

2

first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north); white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch; surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white

1

(lamp) wick

1

fire; flame; blaze

6

gold (colour, color)

2

to shed light; to cast light

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

4

lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

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