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electric light

10

sea roar

2

stir; commotion; noise

3

tofu seller (maker)

1

trumpet; horn; bugle

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

indigo dye

11

17; seventeen

3

verselet

2

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

10

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

4

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

3

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

1

poetry

1

to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

1

imitation; copying

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

1

unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen

1

advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview

1

without

4

reason; cause; history; origin

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

poem's locale

2

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

foreign country

2

street corner

9

Sahara Desert

1

oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)

1

rook

7

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

22

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

three; three years of age

4

only; nothing but

4

to melt together

1

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

2

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

1

meteor; shooting star; falling star

1

detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking

1

some days; several days

1

flickering; blinking

3

bright sunshine; broad daylight

1

stainless steel

1

sand dune; sand hill

1

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

3