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qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin

29

prize money; monetary award; reward

3

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

10

folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

3

counter for books; volume

1

beside; nearby

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

5

one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada

5

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

3

paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

2

go (board game)

1

wage; recompense

7

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

3

being angry (suddenly)

2

to dry

2

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

1

interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

15

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

3

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

1

chain; chains

1

if not ...; unless ...

2

to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate

4

stamping; embossing; tooling (e.g. leather); sigillation

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

screen

4

base (military, expedition, etc.)

5

women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono

1

greatly; really

8

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

7

mist; haze

4

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

2

to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes

1

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do

1

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

1

to be slippery; to be slimy

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

6

tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

1

to do (for someone)

5

empty; meaningless; worthless

1

The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)

1

common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

3

bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

1

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

1

number of times

1

to reread; to read again

1

recitation; reciting from memory

1

one's residence

2

light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes

1