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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

4

to ponder; to brood

1

carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868; (lit.) why not?

7

evening; evening hour

2

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body

2

steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled

1

death; dying; mortality

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

20

funeral

9

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

1

every morning

3

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

2

to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous

5

why; how; for what reason

14

the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance

1

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

1

Japanese sacred lily (Rohdea japonica); Nippon lily; lily of China

1

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

4

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

3

general store

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

3

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

4

alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

1

to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life

1

round face; moon face

1

mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

2

younger; junior

6

distress; anguish; mental suffering

1

comeback; recovery; restoration; rally

1

cholera

1

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

6

(one's) life

11

sorrow; grief; sadness

1

to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

1

natto (fermented soybeans)

2

call; hail; yell

1

neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts

1

living together; coexistence

3

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

5

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

1

to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)

2

blood relationship; blood relative

3

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

1

talking about memories; reminiscences

2

the last days; the final years; the last generation

1

amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

5