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Fushiki

1

first day of winter (approx. November 8)

1

hard to reach place; remote place

1

to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep

1

Sasakura

1

oneself; myself; I; you

1

first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall

1

near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper

1

first day of summer (approx. May 6)

2

to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things

1

to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet)

1

simplification

1

first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)

2

rivers and mountains; landscape

2

going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)

1

Kenji

2

smartphone game

1

six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

5

revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)

1

landscape photograph; scenic photograph

1

end of consecutive holidays

1

village office; local administration office in a village

1

contributor (of written material)

1

company management; managing a company

1

holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

4

decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp

20

stone mortar; millstone; quern

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

1

chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres

1

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

1

charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet

2

hokora; small wayside shrine

9

type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern

1

dry weather; drought

1

fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point

1

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

5

working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver

1

doctor

1

cracks or fissures in the ground

2

associate professor

1

everything one does; whatever one does

1

department (faculty) of literature

1

salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday

1

untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown

1

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

5

to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily

1

hiking

1

traveling expenses; travelling expenses

1

human bones

1

large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

3