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profound; deep; unfathomable

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

Lotus Sutra

4

reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

Tokutomi Roka (1868.12.8-1927.9.18)

2

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head

3

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

Roka

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

high spirits; boastful talk

1

acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...

1

Edo period (1603-1868)

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

mother

24

interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue

6

to become pregnant

1

scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer

1

raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged

1

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

6

to resemble closely

2

profit; earnings

4

definition

1

classification; categorization; sorting

1

frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism; first-time guest in a red-light district

3

mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.

3

phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

1

Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)

1

in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

1

efficient

1

greatly; very much; thanks a lot

3

tubular nectary; spur

2

land and sea

1

100; hundred

11

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

3

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

3

praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)

1

Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

35

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

2

enough is enough; no further!

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

3

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

2

informing

1

a little bit; a little while

2

(arch.) three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

1

three people

3

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

1