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to understand; to comprehend

6

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

4

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

7

to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side

1

sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants

2

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

a little bit; a little while

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

7

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

3

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

15

compared to

3

sleep

1

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

2

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

2

light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart

1

secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang

1

easy; simple; plain

1

Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)

1

lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)

2

first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

2

dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

4

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

10

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

13

dialect; provincialism

15

Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

2

western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)

2

sleeping late in the morning

1

grotesque

1

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

2

ill-mannered; rude

1

to correct oneself; to restate

1

gong; handbell

6

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile

2

New Year's Week (festivities)

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

8

nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

11

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

15

dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)

2

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

first time; first; initial

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)

2

mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

3