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antiquity; ancient times

6

15th day of the 8th lunar month; eighth month of the lunar calendar

2

marriage; matrimony

2

mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

3

legend; tradition

1

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

4

consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging

2

to escape from; to get out

5

tea-server; flatterer; sycophant

3

reconciliation; make peace with

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

2

still; as yet; as it has been

8

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

2

attendant; companion

5

Yazaemon

9

looking down (from the heavens); visit of a high-ranking person

1

tea ceremony; Way of Tea

1

certainly; by all means

1

notice; notification

2

catastrophe; assassination; calamity; disaster

1

joint editorship

1

to fear; to be afraid of

6

plaster; patch; ointment; liniment

1

counter for doses of medicine, etc.

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

vestment; priest's robe

3

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

2

beggar; begging

1

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

8

disguise; masquerade

1

what kind of business; what sort of matter

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

1

to look upwards; to look up

1

to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

8

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark

3

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

7

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

9

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

4

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

3

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

13

tea house

1

starvation; famine; hunger

2

daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

1

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

3

stealing

1

execution; punishment; spanking

2