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to feel as though ...

2

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

1

the world

1

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

1

to become (formal)

1

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

1

after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting

1

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

successful meeting

4

reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

other people; others

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

selfish

1

love of fame

1

to increase; to multiply

1

on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

2

floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy

1

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

1

vehicle; horse-drawn carriage

1

to shake off; to throw off

1

Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

2

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

2

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

3

to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries

1

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

folding screen

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

1

hack writer

1

livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with

1

death (and entering the hereafter)

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

had better do so

1

Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)

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Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

1

coast; beach

2

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

1

teacher (classroom)

3

cooperation; collaboration

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition

1

writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

1