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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

9

evening

2

Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

28

third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

5

measure to win somebody over to one's side

1

timetable

1

skeleton

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

4

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

2

life span

5

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

5

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

3

dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

2

noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

1

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

1

flexible

1

troubled times; turbulent times

2

ignorant of the ways of the world

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

5

Yoshinari

1

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

5

please

2

Nishioka

19

all; everyone; everybody

12

greeting; a fine thing to say

2

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

8

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

2

river; stream; River; the ... river

22

west side; west bank

7

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

4

people

2

class

5

separate; respective

1

established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

1

mainstay; nucleus; key

1

(necessary) personnel; required person

1

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

2

fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly

2

manure; night soil

5

manuring; fertilization; fertilisation

9

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

7

see; you see; ha

1

to do (a person) good; to bring profit

2

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

6

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

3

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

1

to discuss; to talk together

1

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

3

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

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