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to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

2

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

1

divinity

3

alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation

13

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

17

merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation

1

evil god

1

to disperse; to take a castle

1

conversely; on the contrary

1

cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

20

Buddhism

2

ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

1

to spread; to be propagated

3

process; course; mechanism

8

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

13

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

1

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

6

to take a firm stand; to argue about

1

literature; books (reference); document

5

every place; various places

10

local history

4

reported case (instance)

1

Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno

1

kidney

1

kanji without kanbun assistance markings; poetry, haiku, etc. without comments or corrections; meaningless; incomprehensible

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

2

Minakata Kumagusu (1867.5.18-1941.12.29)

1

scholar

7

pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)

1

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

1

body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

20

internal; domestic

10

jumping ability; jumping power

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

4

little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall

2

throughout Japan

4

prize money; monetary award; reward

6

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

55

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

6

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

90

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

39

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

24

jump; leap; skip; bound

32

to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

14

headfirst slide; head-first sliding

1

person who has rendered distinguished service

2

head; brains; intelligence

1

physical ability

16