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small hill; low hill; hillock

1

roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)

2

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

2

fine view; beautiful sight

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

word; language; speech

13

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

3

loanword; foreign-origin word

3

Japanese language; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other foreign loanwords)

8

one's home country; one's homeland

1

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

6

archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language

2

language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

1

northern extremity

1

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

southern tip

1

Kamakura (city)

2

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages

12

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

3

interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical

1

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

1

clarification; elucidation; explanation

1

vivid; clear; distinct

1

one's native language; Japanese

2

treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)

1

epistolary style (of Japanese literature)

1

hint; suggestion

1

as the sound of surging water; vigorous; surging; welling

2

to rise; to flourish

1

word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

modern Japanese (as spoken in Japan after the Middle Ages); Meiji and Taishō period modern Japanese

1

dialect; provincialism

1

classical; classic

2

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

2

standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese

7

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

1

different opinion; objection

2

both parties; both sides

1

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

1

correction; revision; amendment

1

vedana (sensation)

1

very much; very many; more and more

2

prudence; discretion; thought

2

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

2

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

2

(typically) Japanese

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

1