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site; point on a map; spot

5

side road; shortcut

6

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

1

one house; one roof

2

Shinto shrine

2

hokora; small wayside shrine

1

evil god

1

temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle

5

inner sanctum; inner temple; inner shrine; sanctuary; chancel

4

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

6

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

to meet; to greet

3

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured

3

cave

2

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

3

marriage ceremony; wedding

16

Oumaru

1

who cares?; see if I care; who knows?; how should I know?

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

1

to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points

4

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

6

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

1

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

1

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

1

dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

2

stealthy steps; soft steps

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

front door

1

night fog

1

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

2

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

1

short pause; short interval

1

uneasy

1

horsefly; gadfly

3

shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

7

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

3

(main building of a) Shinto shrine

6

puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

lattice work

4

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

3

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

2