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paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella

3

rain gear

1

to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

3

more than anything; above all else

1

oil paper; oiled paper

4

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

1

navy blue; deep blue

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

1

raindrop

1

the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

1

secret; mystery

1

seeming very ...

1

seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy

1

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

dreams; fantasy; visions

2

house across the street; neighbor across the street

1

children's song; nursery rhyme

1

paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)

3

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

2

mother; wife

1

manuscript; version; draft

1

two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)

1

four years

6

both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

2

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

2

Asteraceae flowering plant (Parasenecio delphiniifolius)

1

to pair with; to pair up; to pair off

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

3

family crest

1

design

1

to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

2

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

2

about the middle

2

one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

1

(Western-style) umbrella; parasol

2

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

1

bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

53

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

1

to concur; to be the same (thought, opinion, etc.); to have the same way of doing

1

difference; discrepancy; variation

4

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

4

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

3

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

2

reverberation

1

this for sure; certainly is

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