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sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

5

drama; theatre; theater; play

3

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

2

opportunity; chance

1

thanks; gratitude

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

to cut in; to butt in

1

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

1

(for) several nights

1

staying up all night

1

to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt

1

patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

1

small type or handwriting

1

several hundreds

2

circulation; dissemination

2

treasured book; secret book; pornographic book

1

Japan

5

moth

3

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

3

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

5

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

2

disfavor; disfavour; disinheritance

1

excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (arch.) banknote; (arch.) paper money

3

interchange; transposition; compatible (e.g. PC)

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

1

this life; this world

6

complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery

1

great poverty

2

low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar

2

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

2

check mark; tick mark

4

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica); kosso; cusso; koso; brayera

1

small; little; few

2

Lotus Sutra

1

but; however

1

the human body; one's person

1

giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

2

directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front

2

incense; incense powder

2

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

family tree; pedigree; genealogy

4

to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

1

national character; regional character

1