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a Buddha; deceased person

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if it's the case

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to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

1

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

2

fiance; fiancee

2

everlasting summer

2

cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness

1

bell (often globular)

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interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

1

yearning; longing for; deep affection

2

nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

1

intention; aim; design

1

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

3

Tsukijihonganji

1

cemetery; graveyard

1

to make a pilgrimage

1

blades of grass

1

growing thick

1

Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)

2

memory; sense; experience

1

lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind

1

retreating figure; appearance from behind

1

(right at the) side; just beside

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

2

wheat bran

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

1

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

2

place where one works; construction site; working area

1

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln

6

source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat

1

right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right

1

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

1

state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

2

visitor; caller

1

wearing a kimono (or awase) without any undergarments on

2

to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

1

rim; brim; edge; brink

3

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

1

close to the ear

1

bucket; pail

3

beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute

2

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

1

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

2

bride

10

clog shop; geta shop

1

winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

1

nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins

1

washing; sashimi chilled in iced water

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

2