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Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)

7

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

2

Tetsujou

1

Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)

4

Kiyomori (shogun)

2

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

possibly; maybe; perhaps

3

to lure; to invite out

1

Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)

2

condensed milk; Soviet Union

3

ah; oh; hey!

7

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

5

this much; this amount

3

kobus magnolia; Magnolia praecocissima; Magnolia kobus

1

fist

1

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

1

Kaiushi

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

6

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

1

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

17

noise; boisterousness

1

at times; occasionally

10

but; however; although

9

upper reaches of a river; upstream

1

one drop (of fluid)

1

folklore studies; folkloristics

2

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

7

without; but if; otherwise; or else

3

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

3

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

south

22

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

1

counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

3

thin strip of bamboo

1

five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life

1

Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

5

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

7

Towada

2

eternity; permanence; perpetuity

2

lake (in place names)

4

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

9

naming; christening

4

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

7

east

12

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1