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building

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(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

3

pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

2

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

4

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

3

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

rectangle; oblong

1

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

6

three; three years of age

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

space; room; airspace

2

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

2

medicinal herb

1

cultivation

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

5

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

1

public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

1

dividing into parts

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

2

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

6

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

1

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

1

hinged door

2

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

black stone; black (go pieces)

1

loafing; indolent; lazy; hey

1

lamp; light

2

window

2

common camellia (Camellia japonica)

1

awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

2

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

8

godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

1

wind chime; wind bell

3

important cultural property; important cultural asset

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

4

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

2

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

2

scale; scope; plan; structure

2

in terms of; from the point of view of

1

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

2

to rack one's brains

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step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

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