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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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book; register

5

quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless

2

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

4

spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

1

village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)

2

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

3

early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian

3

layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

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sacred image; icon

1

not yet seen; unseen; unacquainted; unknown

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imaginary; fantastical; visionary; utopian; quixotic; fanciful

2

to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage

1

professional storyteller

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

3

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

researcher

2

person's name

2

persecution; oppression

1

number of years

1

inquisitiveness

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ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)

3

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

3

cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

3

ability; capability; skill

1

the deceased; the departed

1

profit; earnings

1

spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter

1

Minister of Agriculture

1

yearning; longing for; deep affection

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

6

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

elaborate; exquisite; detailed

2

being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy

2

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

4

dry weather; drought

4

bodily sensation; sense; experience

1

stillness of night

1

this evening; tonight

9

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

6

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

common; usual

4

gross; disgusting

1

(by) one's side; nearby location; place close to one's person; you

2

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

to regret

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centipede

2

centipede

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