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with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

13

carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end

3

you; I; me; oneself

2

soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)

1

dusty

2

school; school building; schoolhouse

1

bygones; the past; past event

1

blackboard

3

chalk; choke; chock

1

cavern; grotto

9

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

79

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

115

reading (books)

2

local history

19

in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

2

a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from

1

description; account

8

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

16

nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about

3

spinning top

4

spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

3

living person; the living

20

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

7

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

7

missionary

7

exorcism rite; purification

6

primary document

2

folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore

12

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

2

picking; collecting; harvesting

10

scholar

1

semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light

29

talk; story; conversation

14

Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead

1

underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld

22

ghost story

8

collection; compilation

1

folklore studies; folkloristics

6

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

10

one's opinion on (life and) death

5

promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

3

derailment; digression; deviation

1

(at the) window

1

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

having a dream

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

4

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

burn; scald

1

to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

4