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being startled

4

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

10

crossly; angrily; strongly smelling; reeking

1

and then; after that

22

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

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

2

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2

Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

2

right in the midst of; right at the height of

2

eight; 8

4

publication

3

(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

4

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

2

fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

1

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

2

at that time; in those days

2

people

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

8

manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

1

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

1

popular novel

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

1

representative; exemplary; model

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

6

profile

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

1

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

15; fifteen

3

-years-old

10

haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry

2

family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

1

neglecting; leaving alone

1

to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect

1

disinheritance; disowning

1

freedom; liberty

6

bold; daring; audacious

2

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

3

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

1

manner; style

1

Netherlands; Holland

1

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

9

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

arrow; wedge; chock

3

number; amount

1

whole day and night; 24 hours

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

7

3000; three thousand; many

1

to compose a haiku poem

1