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rice planting

3

village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)

1

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

5

yesterday

1

sensation; great popularity; big stir; big splash

1

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

2

Mukōgaoka

2

Hachiōji (city)

1

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

1

principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; idol; icon; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

2

Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

1

to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)

1

to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

1

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

1

Buddha; Buddhism

4

Hachiouji (city)

2

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

4

Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva

6

even though; despite; when

2

another name; nickname; alias; synonym

1

Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel

1

farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists

2

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

7

counter for bamboo tiles

1

noodles; (arch.) flour

3

rope; cord

2

six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

3

horses and cattle

2

to bind; to fasten; to tie up

1

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

2

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

5

without

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

2

Nagatomo

3

preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

muddy feet

3

well; now; then

1

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

1

to be thankful; to feel grateful; to show one's gratitude

1

masterpiece; masterwork

1

national treasure

1

to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead

1