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steep slope; steep incline

2

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless

2

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

2

women; womenfolks

2

stone wall

1

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net

1

light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)

1

time; pause; space; room

3

blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3

to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

3

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

6

to chirp or buzz constantly (usu. insects or birds)

1

earnest; singlehanded; face to face; straight ahead; just in front of

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

7

14th day of the month; 14 days

5

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

1

driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

5

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

4

annual function; annual event

1

10th day of the month; ten days

1

straw boots

1

to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

1

to pile up; to accumulate

2

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

5

to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

1

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

1

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

1

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

2

bright red; bright

2

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

1

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

4

children; kids

4

to jostle; to crowd; to haggle

1

to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

10

to become an expert; to be a master (of)

1

light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

2

staying up all night; all-night vigil

1

15th day of the month; 15 days

2

to come to see; to come and see; to visit

1

(one's parents') home

3

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

5

(some) more; even more; longer; further

5

nursing (a patient)

3

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

pneumonia

1