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futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

5

west

2

train (esp. long distance train); steam train

2

bed; couch

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

8

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

4

departure; leaving; starting; standing

1

quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

2

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

2

preserved food boiled in soy

1

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

1

each; respectively

5

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

6

father; dad; husband; you; he

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happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

5

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)

14

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

3

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

2

strict; stern

2

Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

12

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

3

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

8

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

1

morning; a.m.

1

five o'clock

5

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

5

nine o'clock

6

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

2

well

4

sea; ocean; waters

4

opposite shore

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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noon; midday; daytime; lunch

4

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

3

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

feeling; mood

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calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

4

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

5

water well

1

pump

2

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

2

shoji (paper sliding door)

5

tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami

1

upper half of the body; upper body

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

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