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gargling; rinsing one's mouth

2

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

4

fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and O-Bon

1

transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

1

work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

1

frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

3

time; years

1

difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

1

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

1

still; as yet; as of old

1

rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending

1

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

1

many; a multiplicity of

3

floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

1

to come from; to have roots in

1

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

1

corner; nook

2

henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule); henbit; Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

5

bequest

1

kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

1

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste

1

one room

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1

dance

2

sending off the spirits of the dead

2

small gong (used in gagaku)

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

2

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence

1

outside the prefecture

1

a few years ago; some years back

1

this time; now

1

endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll

1

O-Bon flower; flower placed on a shelf to welcome the spirits during O-Bon

5

Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

1

eccentric

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

2

luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

1

Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife)

1

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

3

Chinese lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cuneata)

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

1

natural history

1

regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

1

old customs

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