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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

2

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

3

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

5

talk; recital; narration; topic

1

un-; non-; negative prefix

3

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

4

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

2

song; singing

4

Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)

1

occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

7

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

2

school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

master; expert

3

Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

1

major earthquake; large earthquake

1

dead

1

mother

1

yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing

1

crime; offense; offence

1

tenet; dogma

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island

1

cylinder

1

I; me

9

finger; toe; digit

13

spittoon

2

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

does not

2

nature; disposition

1

way; method; means; resource; course

2

head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

2

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

5

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

4

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

10

last line of a poem; finally

1

now; nowadays

4

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

9

gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic

4

feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted

2

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

4

decision; judgment; resolution

2

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

3

ornamental ridge-end tile

4

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

3

to talk; to chat; to chatter

3

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

4