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to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

3

to join hands (with)

2

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

11

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

5

to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)

1

reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

8

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

4

call; visit

1

scene; view; prospect; outlook

1

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

5

flickering; blinking

3

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

1

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

6

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

3

pyroclastic flow

1

summit (of a mountain)

1

to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

4

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

2

cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer

1

crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products

3

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

road; highway

1

corpse; dead person

1

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

4

volcano

1

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

3

template; run of the mill; formulaic

3

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

8

reform; reformation; reorganization

2

cooking; food preparation

1

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

1

Tokugawa Yoshimune (shogun 1716-1745 and 1751; 1684.11.27-1751.7.12),

1

Aoki Kon'you (1698-1769)

1

scholar

2

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

5

carbohydrate

1

convenience store lunch box

1

high; noble; refined; advanced

2

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

11

ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

1

deep-fried food

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

2