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Shitennōji

3

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

4

work; business; company; study

3

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

5

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

2

to bloom

1

old tree

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

3

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

2

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

2

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

1

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

2

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

2

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

3

year of a person's birth; number of years since one's birth; age

2

Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

19

Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

1

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

2

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

to inform; to report

1

in order to

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

6

fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

1

Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

1

right side; style of Japanese court music

1

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

3

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

6

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

7

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

3

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

16

the same handwriting

1

official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank

1

funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities

1

firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)

2

kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

1

Gennai

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

4

night rain

2

Suketada

1

18; eighteen

3

second month of the lunar calendar

1

(close) friend

1

(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

2

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

5

wind and rain; rainstorm

1