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arrival

2

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

7

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

3

blood relative

1

castle

2

to address

7

custom; habit; customary practice

1

to help; to save; to rescue

1

isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island

1

Okinawa Islands

2

death; the next world; to pass away; to die

6

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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mere; simple; sheer

6

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)

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

2

discovery; detection; finding

5

diagonal move (in the game of go)

1

Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

1

to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

wise; clever; smart

3

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

mallet; pestle; pounder

1

... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

1

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

1

commencing with; including

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

4

evil spirit; demon; devil

1

rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism

3

Buddha's teaching

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

4

(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

1

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

4

to bear; to endure

1

meaning of a word

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

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life; lifetime; age; era; reign; rule

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

3

man; male; masculine gender

8

woman; female; feminine gender

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lineage; line; unification; all (of you)

2

old age

1

elderly woman

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reproduction

2

strength; power; proficiency; ability

5

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

1