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torii (Shinto shrine archway)

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dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)

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three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

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illustration; drawing

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lake

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

6

in order; in turn; one by one

1

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

2

manifestation

1

(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other

1

stone monument

4

to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

1

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk

1

several people; a few people

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

6

character written in a cursive style

2

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

1

black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

12

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

5

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

4

epidemic; plague; pestilence

1

to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

1

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

3

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

1

several hundred; hundreds (of)

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once a year

1

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

2

antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times

1

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

3

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

1

catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation

1

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

6

hundreds

3

terrain; geographical features; topography

4

Japan

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

1

realistic; graphic; true to life

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

2

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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border (between countries); national border

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