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halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

6

counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...

3

establishment; founding; setting (a record)

1

one second

3

good to soft (track condition); good to yielding

1

approximate value; approximation

1

weather; climate; disposition; temperament

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

technique; art; skill; move

2

avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street

1

festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil

2

very young; little; childish; immature

1

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

1

useless; in vain

1

place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

2

alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

1

under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.)

1

training institute

1

younger sister

1

police; police officer; police station

2

worn-out rice land

3

to doze (off)

1

gravesite; tomb

3

sheep (Ovis aries)

1

collection of books; (personal) library

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

2

generation; lifetime; age

3

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

3

fortune; luck

4

booklet; pamphlet

3

divination; fortunetelling

1

headquarters; head office; main office

1

compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

1

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

1

copyright

1

indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal

2

palm reading

1

looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

1

nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope

3

sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac

1

Monday

1

bearing; heading; point of the compass

8

construction of a house (divination term); form of a house

1

to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)

1

fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name

1

interpretation of dreams; dream reading; oneirocriticism; The Interpretation of Dreams (book by Sigmund Freud, 1900)

1

secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

1

number of times

1

through; by way of; after; via

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