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counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation

2

conception; fertilization; fertilisation

1

pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

2

roadside; wayside

4

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

3

bookmark; guidebook

10

as if; as though

3

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

3

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

2

old people; seniors; elders; old-timer

6

southeast

3

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

4

leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)

1

hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder

1

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

2

play; drama

1

Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)

1

to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

the whole mountain

1

market; fair

6

more and more; increasingly; extremely; very

2

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

2

to be transparent; to show through

1

on top of a tall building; balcony; upper floor

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

5

sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu

3

miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

2

Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha

3

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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Gyouin

1

the second time

1

questions and answers; dialogue

2

useful; helpful

1

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money

2

poor poem

10

to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

2

playful literature originating from haiku

1

station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

railroad; railway; rail transport

1

singing; songs

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

2

Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era

5

descendant; scion; lineage

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1