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open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

2

to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

2

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

kettle

1

kettle

1

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

8

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

2

horse tack; horse gear; harness

2

sea route; voyage

1

The Five Classics (of Confucianism)

1

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

1

accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

3

member

2

proposal; suggestion; motion; initiative

1

forehead; brow

1

somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

1

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

3

the present

1

situation; state of things; current affairs

1

shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine

1

performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

5

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

Higashikuze Michitomi (1834.1.1-1912.1.4)

1

to take out; to drag out

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

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)

3

banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up

1

two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple

2

soldier

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity

1

large cloth sack; baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)

2

twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days

1

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

1

Island; insula; island; islet

1

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

1

shop; store

1

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

1

both banks (of a river)

1

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

2

aboard a warship

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

5

eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

2

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

earnestly; immediately; exactly

1

Western music; European music

1