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several years

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

2

Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit

2

to distribute; to hand out

2

to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

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every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

in that way; like that; that way

1

always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop

1

to begin to walk; to set out

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famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address

3

weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

1

Japanese person; Japanese people

4

high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

1

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

1

brave; heroic; gallant

2

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

2

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

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incense stick

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

3

every month; each month; monthly

2

grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

1

to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for

2

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

3

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

resentment; indignation; anger

2

to blaze; to burn brightly

1

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

8

scorched earth

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pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

2

(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

1

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

2

living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

2

empire; imperial

1

gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

4

(one's) late father

1

the West; the Occident; Western countries

3

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

4

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

2

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

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Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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one boat; one ship

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national flag

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incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

2

government official

2

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

1

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

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head house (family); birthplace; originator

1