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news; word; tidings; omen

2

to get information; to find out; to get wind of

1

(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

1

road; street; avenue

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first

16

older brother; elder brother

8

Oshikatsu

3

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

next year

1

year after next

2

proceeding to

2

millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town

1

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

5

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

5

legitimate child

1

Kusu

3

(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

3

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

the other day; a few days ago

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

2

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

1

love-letter

2

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

2

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

looks; features; beauty

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

5

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

2

always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop

2

old sword

1

confidential talk; whispering

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

there is a tendency; there is a possibility

3

having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...

2

one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

sweet-scented; lustrous, shiny and beautiful

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

1

male flower

1

tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

2

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

1

dance

1

the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan

1

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

3

to rust; to become rusty

2

to serve God

1

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

4