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fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit

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TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport)

1

sales; selling; salesman

3

to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities; to slip away; to abscond

1

pretending to be out

1

paint

4

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

2

peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

5

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

1

common use; communal use; sharing

1

wearing sandals; informal; casual

1

in proportion to; just as much as

5

to draw a line

1

suddenly; with a jerk

2

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly

1

bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood

2

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

1

Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)

1

scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer

3

that's so, however ...

3

person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

1

light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

1

to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself

1

deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam

3

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

2

writing; authoring

1

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

1

high priest; virtuous monk; holy man; reverend; venerable

7

Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)

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seventeen; 17

1

great treasure; Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era; great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); homa-mandala (fire altar)

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counter for temples

3

coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier

2

rowdy fellow; tough; bully; ruffian

1

Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple

3

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

2

passer-by; traveler; traveller

3

generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei

1

bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)

1

mountain range; mountain system

1

religious leader; religious figure; religious practitioner

2

having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage

1

generation; lifetime; age

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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attainment of Buddhahood during life

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Shouryūjigawa

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river management; river improvement; flood control

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samurai; warrior

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