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prosperity; flourishing; thriving

40

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

5

old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

30

ancestors

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

4

pupil; student; schoolchild

4

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

43

various matters; everything

2

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

3

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

21

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

82

classroom

3

front; frontage; facade; main

8

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

7

15; fifteen

10

publication

1

famous; well-known; renowned; your name

4

proprietor of a school

1

one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph

7

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

168

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

144

at that time; in those days

152

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

88

principal; headmaster

1

several houses

4

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

39

rice field

54

Yoshibayashi

1

pond

29

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

55

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

3

near; close; beside; third person

11

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

4

sea; ocean; waters

13

Nakaokachimachi

1

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

49

honorific/polite/humble prefix

105

to win; to gain victory

2

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

10

main island; this island

1

writer; author

2

alma mater

1

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

8

early (days); initial stage; initial

21

normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college

1

graduate; alumnus

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

118

retirement (from an official position)

1