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fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

2

(your, his, her) daughter

2

Tadanori

1

free ride (e.g. on train)

1

vassals; retainers; followers

1

love affair; liaison

1

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

2

Enson

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

6

hot spring

1

women who assist bathers at hot-springs resorts; (arch.) bathhouse prostitute

1

street vendor; peddler

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

2

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

5

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

1

monologue; soliloquy; German (language)

1

rationalization; justification

1

village headman; village mayor

2

assistant official

1

way; route

1

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

2

depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)

1

area; region

7

heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth

1

tsunami; tidal wave

1

riverbed

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

5

steam

1

(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse

1

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

2

breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration

1

after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath

2

towel

2

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

1

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

5

brazier; hibachi

6

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

5

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

2

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2

my manuscript

1

medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

2

National Tax Agency (Japan); national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)

1

dining table; a dish (type of food)

2

to dry

1

type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth

1