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trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute

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good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

2

to refuse; to decline; to deny

2

Fukuno

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to be well-known

1

10,000; ten thousand

1

the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

5

motion

1

bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

4

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

1

(in Japanese architecture) transom

2

wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft

2

wave; ups and downs

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

1

trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

5

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

2

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

2

lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

1

lion mask; Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)

2

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

bay; gulf; inlet

1

Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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(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

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god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

2

hanger (e.g. for mosquito net); hanging strap; fisherman; angler

1

to cramp; to be cramped; to contract

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

2

lucky omen; happy; auspicious

1

sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation

2

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

1

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

1

wooden hammer; wooden mallet

1

(small) mallet; gavel

1

folding fan

1

to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

1

quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

7

unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track

1

counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

1

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

2

to swarm; to crowd; to flock together

1

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

1

magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

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dance

2

knitting; knitted material; crochet

1

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

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