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by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

2

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven

1

floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)

3

to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar

1

plain; plateau; tableland

2

old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

1

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

4

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

9

bank; embankment; dike

1

does not seem (to be)

1

recompense; indemnity; atonement

1

modesty; self-control; discretion

3

small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

1

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

1

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified

1

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

1

scene; view; prospect; outlook

3

long spell of rain

2

abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism

2

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

2

muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

3

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

1

to reach; to get to

1

Ogurihangan

9

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

9

more and more; increasingly; extremely; very

8

end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

7

Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

5

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

4

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

1

color of water after washing rice (colour)

1

in the mountains; among the mountains

1

competing; competition; auction

2

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

the four seasons

1

underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld

1

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

3

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

2

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

1

liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti

1

virtues of Buddha

1

to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame

1

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

3

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

1