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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

3

fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

3

throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)

3

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

3

above; more than

1

courtier; court official

1

gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

2

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

1

energy; military strength

1

to ...

1

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

1

to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

1

arrhythmia; intermittent pulse

1

cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

2

cooking

1

purification

1

to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

1

food

1

striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)

3

gossip

2

easy; simple; plain

1

courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds

1

January; first month of the lunar calendar

2

mood; sentiment; artistic effect

2

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

1

Yasaka Shrine (in Kyoto)

6

shrine parishioner

2

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

4

summer festival

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

3

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

5

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

1

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

2

eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

1

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

10

major general; rear admiral; air commodore

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

1

to follow around

1

children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head

2

suffix for familiar person

8

sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing

1

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

4

tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

1

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

1

toy fireworks; sparklers

1