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shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat

6

Tawaraya

1

Soutatsu

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

9

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship

1

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

15

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

1

be; is

53

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

35

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

5

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

115

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

3

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

2

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

86

art gallery; art museum

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

232

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

4

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

12

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

28

famous; notorious; noted

1

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

2

unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently

1

temple (Buddhist)

2

honorific/polite/humble prefix

28

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

2

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

96

existence; being

1

treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

3

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

62

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

4

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

2

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

1

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

1

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

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

12

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

37

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

2

that; those; the

10

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

37

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

13

the other day; a few days ago

2

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

2

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

5

I; me

34

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

2

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

42

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

2