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Onitsura

1

rut; wheel track; furrow

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

eminent; prominent; distinguished; ringing (of metal); resonant (of a musical instrument)

2

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

3

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

1

split; division; break up

1

to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

2

time; season; period; phase; stage

4

being very busy; busyness

2

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

1

publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)

1

this field; this subject

1

to be identified

1

(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

4

it is not (like that) either

6

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

2

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

1

to choose; to select

3

becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice

2

member of shogun's council of elders

1

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

4

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

3

personal (employee); employed; retained

1

1,000; thousand

2

Soutan

1

Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)

1

ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

1

the greatest of the day

1

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

2

thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

2

recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

2

dry-goods dealer

1

Wakiya

1

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

2

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

elegant or refined style

1

gazing at (in wonderment)

2

short period of time

1

to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

1

fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves

8

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

4

Imai

2

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

3