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Yasuko

1

pious woman

1

Furui

1

clay

3

double meaning; two meanings; amphibolous

5

19; nineteen

11

to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile

2

running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)

1

to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

2

lead (Pb)

3

golden age

1

to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill

2

foot-operated bellows; foot bellows

2

casting; founding; minting

1

ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)

1

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

2

word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

1

former appearance; original form

4

first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

1

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

1

visiting a temple for another

1

advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion

1

Kyoushin

1

bad fortune; misfortune

1

immeasurable

1

corpse; kanji "corpse" radical

1

place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

1

passing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past

1

to sit (down)

1

Shiraishi

1

throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock

1

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

1

large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)

3

big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)

1

to give; to do ...

1

expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by

1

stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

1

endemic species

2

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

4

(state of) apparent death; suspended animation

1

square (shape); square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather)

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

3

cave; cavern

1

pillar; cornerstone

1

two years before last (year); three years back (ago)

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement

1

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

2

fire brigade (pre-war Japan)

1