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Water Boar (60th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)

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next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)

1

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

2

rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition

1

member; regular member; active member

1

one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building

1

flight; running away; absconding; elopement

1

to pass judgment (judgement); to make a decision

1

regiment of military policemen

1

scenery; scene; landscape

1

settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement

1

reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development

1

sacred ground; sacred precincts

1

still; even now

1

Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods

1

historic; historical

1

massing (of troops); gathering

1

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

1

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

1

silently; hushed; in a still manner

1

moonlit night

1

(sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees; (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

1

(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds

1

dark clouds; black clouds

2

constantly eastward

1

stormy; threatening

2

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

1

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

2

pink (colour, color); peach

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(flash of) lightning

2

heaven and earth; top and bottom

1

direct connection; direct link

1

to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)

3

sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

3

lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source

2

zenith; vertex

1

centre; center; middle

3

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

2

thunderous roar; roaring sound

1

night view; night skyline; nightscape

2

to appear

3

false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

1

identifiable; personalized

1

addition to a building

1

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

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