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to begin to drink

1

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

2

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

1

salad

2

green peas

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth

1

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)

55

autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky

2

rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy

1

curl (of hair); ringlet

1

to eat; to drink

1

famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

1

occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

2

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

3

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

5

dragon god; dragon king; naga

1

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

1

to be at a loss for words

2

god of fortune; god of wealth

1

god of poverty

1

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

2

god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper

1

to express (in words); to confess

3

influential person; man of importance

1

fellow countryman; compatriot; person from the same province; person from said country

1

visit (from someone); call

2

at the meeting; on the occasion

1

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

3

circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars

5

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

3

nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property

1

missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

12

background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge

1

consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

1

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada (1621-1638)

1

cross; cruciform

1

persecution; oppression

3

exploration; expedition

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

6

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

2

dark reddish-brown; liver color

1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash

4

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

to have an interest (in)

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musical instrument

2

transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

2

large drum; bass drum

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small drum

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biwa (Japanese lute)

2