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image; figure; figure; form; image

1

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

6

mason; stonemason

2

carving; engraving; sculpture

3

masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

3

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

3

wooden bowl

2

bamboo ladle

3

wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop

1

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

2

winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan

6

(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel

2

wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

4

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

9

department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

4

bark (of tree)

1

everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art

5

handle; grip; knob

2

bucket; pail; tub

9

deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

3

Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)

2

Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)

3

Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)

4

Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)

3

Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)

2

Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

7

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

4

Rikuchū (former province located in present-day Iwate Prefecture and parts of Akita Prefecture)

10

Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)

8

Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)

7

Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)

8

Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)

11

Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)

6

seven

7

Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

3

area; region

5

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

1

Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku

2

(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

2

Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

3

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

4

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

6

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

5

stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool

1

earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware

1

place name; toponym

6

different mother

1

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

6