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masterpiece

2

outstanding; excellent; remarkable

1

to kidnap

2

grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation

4

to go mad (over something); to be crazy (about something)

1

(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto

2

ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

3

loudly reciting Amithaba's name

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

12

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

2

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

1

Tokyo

1

home area; home town; local

1

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

1

use; service; purpose

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

watching from afar

2

Ousakayama

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

4

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

2

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

1

foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

1

end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate

1

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

1

such ... as; or some such

2

beyond that point; after that

1

uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)

1

interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

2

end of the earth

1

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

1

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

1

ferry; ferryboat

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

9

to turn towards; to point

3

mother

4

split; division; break up

1

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

2

cannot possibly be

1

sadness and gloom

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

1

shedding tears

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

2

to agree

1

cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to

1