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languid; listless

2

a few hours

2

to scan; to look over

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some; several; many; how many; how much; very

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

3

Shigetoyo

2

reading (books)

1

hundred days; lengthy time

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

2

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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publication

1

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

9

well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

1

masterpiece

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

2

to do (for someone)

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every evening; every night

1

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

5

infant; baby; little child

7

to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy

1

polish; refinement

1

to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

1

retelling (of a tale, legend, etc.)

1

to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

1

Shitennōji

1

dwelling; living

1

manor; villa

2

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

family; relatives; dependents; household

6

romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story

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Ishikawa (prefecture)

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young wife

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strange disease; rare disease

1

female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men

3

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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to happen to be present

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to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

3

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

8

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

4

weeping; lamenting

2

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

2

shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

1

human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world

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parting; separation; farewell

3

yearned for; longed for; missed

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Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

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one tanka; one poem

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

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