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eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

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original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

3

unlucky house

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deep-seated grudge; hatred

2

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

intentional; on purpose

2

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

1

calamity; disaster; accident

3

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

1

(a) few; some; several

7

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

2

building

3

scale; scope; plan; structure

3

reduction; curtailment

1

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

1

famous; fame

4

book title

3

Shinzou

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase

1

to be found

3

Confucian scholar

1

laziness; lazy person

3

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

6

spare time; free time; leisure

1

(taking) notes; copying

1

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

2

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

4

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

official residence

1

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

dwelling; living

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

5

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

4

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

1

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

2

because of; owing to; due to

1

consequence; outcome; result; blame

4

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

1

poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

2

quotation; citation; reference

4

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

4

tradition; legend; folklore

1

mystery novel

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collection; compilation

4

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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