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calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

well-cooked; well-done; browned

1

skeleton

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6-shaku-long wooden pole (traditionally used for self-defence, capturing lawbreakers, etc.); carrying pole; shoulder pole

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

drawing room; study; writing alcove; publishing house

1

to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

1

master craftsman; skillful worker

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folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

1

picture scroll

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seven residential pavilions for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)

2

(camera) platform

7

to be erected; to be built

5

(female) beauty; beautiful woman

1

one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

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Shinanosakai

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every street corner; every crossing

1

distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification

1

night fog

1

castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure

2

(a) light; lights; lamp

3

alternate; alternation

1

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

1

code; password; cipher

1

both

1

high palace tower

1

tallness; tall person

2

to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

1

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

1

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)

2

south side

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

2

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex

2

using one's arms as a pillow

1

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

2

(paper) cord for tying the hair

1

light yellow

2

satin

1

dark purple; grape

1

samurai costume; old ceremonial costume

2

to fall from heaven (the sky)

1

right; privilege

1

white tabi

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toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

2

to rise

3

question; inquiry; enquiry

3

to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor

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half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

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