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to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered

7

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

2

apology; excuse

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

5

indescribable; inexpressible

12

exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

4

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

9

bare feet

3

we; us

4

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

9

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

6

Miyagi (prefecture)

3

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

1

Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

1

water trickling from rocks

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

4

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

4

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

3

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

3

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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bridge

5

scattered here and there; at intervals

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

10

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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antiquity; ancient times

8

painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object

3

gold dust

2

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors

1

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

13

emperor (of Japan); mikado

1

palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine

1

line; queue; procession; matrix

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

3

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

2

palace; court

4

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

palace

6

yellow; amber

1

glossy

3

porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware

2

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern)

3

roof tile

4

rooftop

1

gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)

6

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

1

in great numbers

2

house; hall; building

4