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earthly paradise; heaven on earth

1

single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern

1

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

3

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

2

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

6

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

4

most; extremely

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

to take; to catch; to capture

1

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

3

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

6

only daughter

1

engagement; betrothal

2

feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)

2

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

8

to disappear; to vanish

3

raging storm

4

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

1

close to the ear

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

8

villager

8

funeral

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

3

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

1

fiance; fiancee

5

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

2

nursing (a patient)

4

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

evil; untrue; erroneous

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

5

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

2

confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

1

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

4

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

11

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

5

silence; stillness; quietness

6

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

6

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

6

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

4

another time; some other time

1

scary

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

1

friend; companion

2

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

16

men; manservant; male attendants to an actor

2