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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

3

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

13

large number of people

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

3

same; similar; (just) like; equal

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

2

Yangtze River; Changjiang River

1

Hansen's disease; leprosy; leper

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to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

1

on the brink of; morning and evening; day and night

2

(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

5

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

2

complete recovery of health

2

second son

1

to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

1

recovery; convalescence

2

just like

3

thin paper

1

today; this day

1

chivalry; generosity

3

Murakami Yoshikiyo

1

temple; monk's quarters; monk

1

what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

1

whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

2

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

1

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)

3

library; book collection; paperback book

1

seeing; looking at

2

-made; make

2

ceremonial folding fan

1

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

1

manufacturing method; recipe; formula

2

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

gold leaf; beaten gold

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

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

3

for military use

2

manufacture; production

3

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

2

one's real father; natural father; biological father

1

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)

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stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)

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