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to be preeminent; to be outstanding

2

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

2

aggregation

1

chemical industry

1

production; manufacture

1

(group of) foreigners

1

isolation; being alone; being friendless

6

to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

2

Annam (old name for Vietnam)

1

South Sea Islands

2

proceeding north

1

Mongolia

1

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

to remain; to be left

1

operation; functioning; running

1

chivalry; heroism

1

(family) death register

3

special skill

6

Nishi Hongan-ji (temple in Kyoto)

4

follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer

3

priest; monk; bonze

2

three main sutras (of a school of Buddhism)

1

mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing

1

change; transformation; innovation; Reformation

1

person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman

1

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

1

afterlife; the next world; the world beyond

1

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

1

to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

1

to hurry on one's way

2

geta for wear in dry weather

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath

1

to do over; to remake; to resume

2

girl; lass; young thing; chick

1

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

2

(lower) jaw; chatterbox

2

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

2

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

1

twice; again; second time

4

Suwayama

2

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

1

to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager

1

acidity; acidic

1

the nasal cavity

1

second term; second stage

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

1