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drama; play; Chinese opera

7

months and years

7

Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

1

valley

10

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

22

year before last

1

belfry; bell tower

2

dragon god; dragon king; naga

5

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

10

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

2

dry weather; drought

2

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

3

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

9

ancestor; forefather; foremother

4

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

2

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

2

memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

12

sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

1

as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

1

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

3

to exchange glances

1

reedy field

3

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

2

various countries; various regions; various provinces

2

traditional Japanese handball game

9

hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort

2

shade of tree; bower

4

deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

2

finger flick to the forehead

1

heart; mind

1

flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily

7

to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)

1

symbol

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

6

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

3

dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

2

souvenir store; gift shop

8

to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity

5

climax; uprush; bulge

3

article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

4

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

1

red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing

9

to state; to express; to mention

4

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

4

with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

2

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

2

to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

10