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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

31

chilly; unpleasantly cold

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

5

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

14

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

5

gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp

2

electric light

3

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

3

raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

32

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln

9

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

19

good morning

1

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

2

thirty; 30

5

two or three

3

to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

1

(Western-style) umbrella; parasol

1

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

3

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

5

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

2

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

2

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

2

to become; to amount to

22

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

2

off duty

1

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

4

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

2

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

1

Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect

1

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

one hour

6

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

6

to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous

2

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

14

official duties; office; function

1

detective story

1

to smile

5

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

rare; seldom

2

felony; serious crime

2