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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

7

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

2

end of life; death; annihilation

2

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

3

fatal disease

1

unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

4

revengeful ghost; apparition

7

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

4

fortune-telling; divination

1

height; stature

1

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

10

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

2

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

6

soldier

18

stalwart youth

1

reform; renovation

3

subjugation; conquest

33

the big two...; two major...; two main...

6

hardship; toil; trouble

2

proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion

3

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

24

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

9

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

equality; uniformity; evenness

2

partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

19

lane; alley

1

to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess

1

division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot

5

to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart

1

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

3

principle; theory; fundamental truth

5

uniformity; equality

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

refinement; elegance; grace

1

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

3

epidemic

2

patient

2

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

2

on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

2

outdoors; outside

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

2

south gate

1

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

4

corpse; dead person

1

Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Kanjaku

5

motif

6

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

8

novel; (short) story

48

life; living; I; me; student

15