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(physical) growth; development

2

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

5

to differ; to vary; to disagree

2

to remain; to be left

14

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

7

19; nineteen

7

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

3

go that far; to that extent

2

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

8

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

2

chronological order

3

division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification

1

verse; poetry

2

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

5

permanency

5

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

2

in the same way as; just like

1

annual function; annual event

4

idiom; set phrase; habit of speech; saying

3

superstition; superstitious belief

2

folk belief

1

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

1

to cook (food); to manage well; to handle well

1

founder; inventor; ancestor; forefather

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

2

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

36

safety; security

1

long (time); protracted; prolonged

4

every year; yearly; annually

3

tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful

1

crops; agricultural produce

1

usual; normal; stereotyped

1

use; utility; profit; gain

1

history; career

4

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

3

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

2

spirit; soul; ghost

12

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

2

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)

3

misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox

2

purification; exorcism

3

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

1

lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

1

to chastise; to punish; to discipline

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

4

year end

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

3