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farming and mountain villages; rural districts

3

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

4

Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)

1

mood; sentiment; artistic effect

2

to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

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to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)

1

to show; to display

3

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

back country; remote countryside

1

particularly; only; in the case of

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in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance

1

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

indeed; really; truly; very much

1

pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

1

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

2

to blush; to redden

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renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue

6

in the end; on top of that

1

thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel

1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

2

to approach; to draw near

1

looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker

1

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

1

dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

1

however; but

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grief; lamentation

1

warrior; samurai

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Tales of Ise

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association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)

1

Koretaka

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prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

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imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

1

follower; attendant; valet; servant

1

hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

4

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

1

Japanese poem; waka; tanka

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

2

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

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cherry blossom viewing drinking party

2

cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)

1

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

4

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

refinement; elegance; grace

3

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

2

ornate hairpin

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