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making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

6

popular song; hit song

2

Shanghai (China)

1

news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

1

sword wound; sword cut

1

bullet; shot; shell

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

1

woman; lady; adult female

1

Koruneria

1

gem; jewel; precious stone

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

Genpei Jōsuiki (48 volume version of Heike Monogatari written in the late Kamakura period)

1

account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

1

bow and arrow; weapon; arms

1

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

1

phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem

2

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

sand and stone; pebble

1

collection; compilation

7

like; as

2

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

1

after

1

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

2

tedium; boredom; ennui

6

third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

1

best regards; please take care of; please do

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

rudder; helm

1

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

1

lip; lips

1

Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)

4

Katou Hidetoshi (1930.4-)

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

4

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

2

pomegranate (Punica granatum)

1

the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

1

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1

frog

2

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

4

fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually

3

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

2

number two; mistress; concubine

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

2

mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language

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