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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

2

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

2

fruitful year

2

Japanese witch-hazel (Hamamelis japonica)

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

1

to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

1

politics; government

1

agricultural community; farm village; rural

3

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

1

battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

5

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

1

rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings

4

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

3

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

17

New Year's Week (festivities)

2

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

loud voice

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

1

to preserve in salt

1

straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

1

lord of a castle

1

pity; compassion; mercy

2

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

with these words; while saying

1

snow thaw; thawing

1

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

4

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

4

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

8

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

1

ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

sufficiency

1

drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

2

song performed while dancing; ballad

1

national wealth

1

increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation

1

to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

1

general; shogun

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

2