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to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

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talisman; amulet; charm

3

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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age of a tree

2

sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires

1

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

1

central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider

3

originally

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dozens; scores of; decades

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metre; meter; meter; gauge

6

large tree

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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

2

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

4

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

2

grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine

2

(made of) stone; stone-built

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pedestal

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rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

4

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

4

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

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origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

3

stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

4

like this; this sort; this way

2

Ieyasu

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entering the metropolitan area

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castle construction; building a castle; fortification

1

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

1

Ohta Doukan (1432-1486)

2

same; similar; (just) like; equal

1

to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

to blacken; to darken

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white

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ash; ashes

3

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

3

feeble

2

once a year

1

to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)

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zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects

2

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

2

several hundreds

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