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legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

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scroll mounter; picture framer

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Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

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belfry; bell tower

4

preconception; prejudice

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mainly; primarily

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

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treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

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Houitsu

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self-indulgence; looseness; dissoluteness

1

Bunchou

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person of letters; literary person

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alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

3

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

3

round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

3

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

3

if it's the case

2

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

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last year

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article (in a collection, etc.); piece

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antiquity; ancient times

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mounting (a picture)

1

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

2

cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper

1

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

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cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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Darumadaishi

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backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount

1

square seal (companies, etc.)

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

1

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

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precedent

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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blast furnace

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to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

2

particularly; only; in the case of

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bold; daring; audacious

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(measuring) ruler

2

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

looks

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hair

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dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

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