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small bird; little bird

10

goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples; rough skin; coarse skin

2

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

1

as planned; according to plan

2

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion

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payment

1

timid person; coward

2

dad; daddy; papa; father

1

to let an opportunity slip

1

coating

1

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

1

manager

1

to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

in a good mood; cheerful

3

exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

2

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

1

ahead (of); before; slightly earlier

1

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

1

sliding door (on a car)

1

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

2

(compulsory) retirement age; age limit; (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement

1

certain victory

1

miraculous; wonder-working; magical

1

diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)

4

water trickling from rocks

1

miraculous spring or fountain

1

spring water

1

northeast

1

Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

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antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

south-west

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unlucky quarter (southwest)

2

upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first

1

instant coffee

3

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

1

Fukuyama Masaharu (1969.2-)

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Ōita Prefecture (Kyūshū)

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Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)

1

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

5

entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; entry to the imperial court (in the Heian period)

1

repair; mending

3

Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651

2

unification; integration

1

lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid

1

festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

1

visitor (to a shrine or temple)

1

fence (around a shrine, imperial palace, sacred area, etc.)

3