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to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

1

keen or piercing eye

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

1

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

1

independence; self-reliance

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

3

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

endurance; perseverance; patience

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

1

hardships; privation

1

recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review

1

consequently; as a result

1

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

1

(Edo-period) chief minister

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

(political) administration; political power

1

foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)

1

to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position; to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world

1

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

1

outside a window

2

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

2

suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

1

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

1

to trample flat; to beat a path

1

spiritual awakening; resolution

1

sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

1

yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge

1

to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle

7

rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)

3

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

every year; yearly; annually

1

similar

1

one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

1

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

1

little bit

1

former wife; late wife

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

2

detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright

1

to become dim; to become blurred

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

2

critical condition; being on the verge of death

5

depths; deep part

1

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

1