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Sazen

4

caller; visitor; company; guest

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

1

to leave one's seat

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

1

the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past

4

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

10

the preceding visitor

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

1

by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident

1

friendship; amity

1

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

2

personage; person (deserving of respect)

3

be; is

2

near future

1

study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)

2

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

2

ten years; decade

3

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

7

acquaintance; appreciative friend

1

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

2

instruction; teaching

2

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

8

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

7

shallow knowledge; superficial learning

1

student; follower; students and pupils

1

pleased to make your acquaintance

1

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

3

first meeting; first interview with

2

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

10

polite; courteous; hospitable

3

greeting; a fine thing to say

4

to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry

2

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

6

Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)

1

northern part; the north (of a region)

1

for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances

1

previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time

2

to know (a person); to think

1

meeting (with another person)

1

honour; honor; glory; privilege

1

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Wang Yangming and his followers)

1

Confucianist

1

stream; brook; creek

1

Mosuke

1

one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

2

deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

1

hedge; fence; border; limit

1