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Kiyotsugawa

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Shibaharatōge

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suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

3

Iijisan

1

lawn; sod; turf

2

(water-filled) paddy field

4

expectation; anticipation; forecast

4

not

2

Jōetsuhokusen

1

five o'clock

3

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

4

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

open air bath (in an inn, onsen, etc.); external hot spring bath

1

feeling; mood

1

Kashiwazaki

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holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food

1

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

1

third floor

1

occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

1

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

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Guadalcanal

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

sea; ocean; waters

9

surface; appearances; exterior

1

to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime

4

ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

4

novel; story; (work of) fiction

7

patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

unprocessed; raw; unfinished

1

raw materials; ingredient

1

patent

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Northern Alps (Japan); Hida Mountains

3

center; centre; metropolis

1

railway line operated by the Ministry of Railways; city electric train operated by the Ministry of Railways

1

small village; hamlet

1

bus (on a regular route); transit bus; fixed-route bus

2

arrival and departure

1

rest; break; recess; intermission

1

oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

9

village; hamlet; settlement

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

3

rare

1

to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)

2

confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

1

penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets

1

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)

1