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before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

7

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

22

pun; play on words

2

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

12

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

13

reform; reformation; reorganization

1

literary

4

since then; from that time; ever since

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

15

be; is

6

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

21

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

2

existence; being

1

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

3

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

3

sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

4

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

10

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

3

hill; height; knoll; rising ground

4

Kamakura (city)

1

Souen

1

old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest

1

east

4

Keiji

2

place name; toponym

1

temple (Buddhist)

40

Houjou Tokimune (1251-84)

1

one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)

2

founding a temple (on a hill-top)

1

nunnery; convent

1

women's rights

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

54

to build; to construct

2

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

5

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

4

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

49

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

35

law

1

authority; power; influence

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

9

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia

5

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

3

how; in what way; how about

10

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

5

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

Meiji Restoration

1