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cholera

4

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

1

unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice

2

Inaba

1

Kouan

4

farting; breaking wind

1

Saburi

2

court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)

1

to sink in; to cave in

1

doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)

2

Western medicine

1

(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders

1

Rintarou

2

(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

1

vomiting; emesis

3

cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree)

3

to ask

1

smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox

1

to go to; to visit; to call on

1

cunning man; crook

2

Most (Czech, Slovak)

1

barbarian

1

additional printing (esp. of books, etc.); additional run

1

coffin; casket

1

state of lethargy; absolute bewilderment; daze; mental numbness

1

transfusion

1

unboiled water

1

lightheadedness; disorientation; wobbliness; staggering

1

preventive measure; precautionary measure

1

after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

1

opium

1

taken by mouth; oral

1

hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone

1

wearing one's hair knotted in the back

2

measles

1

maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter

4

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

1

superior (major) arc

2

traitor (to one's country); quisling

1

becoming a lordless samurai

2

Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge

1

inkstone

1

formalin

1

evaporation; dehydration; desiccation

1

monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō

2

point of an argument; drift of an argument

1

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

1

cholera

13

to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

1

revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

1