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bedding; bedclothes

4

to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

1

palm (of one's hand)

2

to comb back

1

to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

1

in comparison to; rather than

1

electricity; (electric) light

1

hallway slippers; indoor shoes; overshoes; rubbers; galoshes

1

desire; appetite; lust

5

seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)

1

moment; instant

1

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

2

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

2

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

3

darkness; the dark

4

to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

1

to palpitate (with anxiety, etc.)

2

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

5

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

3

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

36

other; another; over; more than; I; me

1

stay; sojourn

3

old age

3

blood relationship; blood relative

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

1

rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers

1

golden (colour, color)

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

4

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

10

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

1

to shine; to glow

2

village; hamlet; settlement

1

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

2

blackboard

1

wall; fence

3

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

1

village

8

temple (Buddhist)

2

each house; every house; many houses

1

Buddhist (household) altar

3

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

3

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

1

double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

1

(in Japanese architecture) transom

2

Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

1

holy priest; saint

1

biography

1