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overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

6

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

1

river management; river improvement; flood control

1

however

2

snake; serpent; large snake

18

totem

11

Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

12

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

2

manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

3

Hiikawa

6

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

1

iron mine

2

smithing; blacksmith

3

hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

11

mining

1

occupation; calling; livelihood

1

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

1

at that time; in those days

3

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

collecting; gathering

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

iron sand; magnetite sand

4

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

3

granite

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

1

in proportion to; just as much as

2

iron oxide

1

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

to dye; to colour; to color

3

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

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

12

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

1

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

1

episode; anecdote; vignette

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

7

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

2

to change

1

the Japanese islands

1

seaward side

1

crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

4

these

2

recent years

1

to get strong; to gain strength

1

people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced continental culture to the Japanese

2

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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