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hey!; hey!

3

my husband; one's family; family member

5

meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other

2

missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess

16

to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

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

1

be; is

2

diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer

1

charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code

3

mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō

1

to try all possible means

1

street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)

3

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

1

one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

1

notice; attention; observation

1

prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius

1

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

3

fortunately; luckily; thankfully

1

to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

5

who

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Matsuo Bashou (1644-1694)

5

at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

1

writer of haikai poems

5

intimacy; familiarity; closeness

1

Fukagawa

6

big river

2

opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)

3

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

5

famous; well-known

1

Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)

7

hermitage; retreat

5

immediate follower (of the shogun)

4

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

3

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

2

to take care of

1

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

to sleep in peace; to sleep without fear

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

drum

8

captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

8

Umewaka

1

Sumida River (in Tokyo); Sumidagawa

2

come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

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