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relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

2

vice; immorality; corruption

1

missing someone; loathing to part

2

respect; esteem; regard

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

he; him; boyfriend

1

to throw away; to abandon

1

immense physical strength

1

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

1

back of head

3

adoption or rejection; choice; separating the needed from the unneeded

1

rear; back; reverse

3

but; however; provided that

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

4

and; as well as

1

technique; method

1

sculpture; engraving; the plastic art

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

to need; to call for; to require

1

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

1

technical skill; ability; capacity

1

Sawai

5

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

3

twenty-six

1

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)

1

carving; engraving; sculpture

4

children

21

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

playground

2

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

flowering plant; flower; ornamental plant

2

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

2

next spring

1

game; play; sports

1

group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)

1

beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball

2

rose

2

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)

1

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

1

pine grove

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

2

shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.

1

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

1

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

2

Yoshino

1

song; singing

1