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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

dividing into parts

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

5

year after next

2

hope; wish; aspiration

5

tradition; legend; folklore

13

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

1

kanji; Chinese character

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

to weave

3

female weaver; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae

16

heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

6

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

1

long ago; once upon a time

1

flood; flooding

1

landslide

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

2

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

1

human sacrifice; victim

3

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

9

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

5

to live; to reside; to inhabit

2

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

to send in

1

before one knows; unnoticed; unawares

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

weaving; weaver

2

this sort of

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

1

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

4

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

1

first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)

1

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

1

unveiling; debut; introduction

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

2

to embrace

1

East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

5

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

to choose; to select

9

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

2

tradition; convention

3

to continue to rain or snow

2