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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

4

to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

7

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

false; hypocritical

2

to talk; to speak

1

provoking; offensive

1

exemplar; model; example; pattern

2

Watanabe No Tsuna (953-1025)

1

to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

1

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

1

old man; old geezer

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

13

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

1

shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

1

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

4

(United States of) America; USA

1

foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

1

barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet

1

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

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves

2

oh, yes?; really?

2

by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

afterglow

2

thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish

1

continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play

2

to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right

1

to mean

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

1

open air; outdoors; outside

1

flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily

1

(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

1

to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

2

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

6

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

1

Denkichi

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

3

same age

1

caller; visitor; company; guest

8

burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

2