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bath

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to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

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mother and daughter

2

parent and child

2

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

2

Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

2

Okuni

5

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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overwhelming; conquering; dominating; sweeping (the world); swaying

6

girls' kabuki

3

imitator

1

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub; pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

5

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

3

pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar

1

nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

1

dancing; dance

2

servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he

1

originality

1

characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)

1

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

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

2

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

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Kitano

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Kodayuu

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

1

main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

1

stage name

1

prostitute; harlot

1

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

3

make-up; get-up; disguise; costume

1

dress; outfit

1

aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

3

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

5

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

3

phenomenon

2

preparation; arrangements

4

sun; sunshine; sunlight

7

noon

1

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

6

careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

1

while; during (the time when)

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sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

sign; indication

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

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