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forest; shrine grove

1

Sutamachō

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

2

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

1

to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

1

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

site; point on a map; spot

1

function; facility; faculty; feature

1

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

1

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

2

audience (with a person of high standing)

1

to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

1

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

1

help; rescue; assistant

1

Nobutane

2

senior envoy; chief delegate

10

vice-envoy; deputy delegate

18

stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck

2

virile; tough; masculine; intense

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

2

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

1

preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence

19

Kinoshita Toukichirō (1920.3.25-)

6

down; below; downward

1

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

excellent luck

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

1

Monday

1

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

1

laugh line; smile line; nasolabial fold

1

famous; well-known; renowned; your name

1

literary and military arts; the pen and the sword

1

indispensable; essential; necessary

1

honour; honor; glory; privilege

2

utmost limit; extremity; result

2

Toukichirō

29

fluency; volubility

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

1

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

3

etiquette; courtesy

1

to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do

1

to send off; to dispatch

4

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

2

tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

1

quick-eared

1

spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

1