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oh my; dear me; wow; indeed; truly

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onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles

2

phantom; vision; illusion

6

I; you

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admiration; being impressed (by)

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child

3

word; (arch.) waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)

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to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

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feng (male Chinese firebird)

6

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

3

viscera; bowels

2

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

7

biwa (Japanese lute)

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to appear in one's dream (of a deity or deceased; to advise, admonish, etc.)

1

gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

3

incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

1

foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent

1

evil spirit; (vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre

7

genuine; authentic; true; real

1

oracle; revelation; divine message

1

truth; real situation

2

next morning

1

cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock

1

white feather

2

nock of an arrow; forked tool used for hanging scrolls

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vermilion (colour); cinnabar

1

shooting to death

3

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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to be in high spirits

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hare (esp. the Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit

1

Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

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definite; sure

2

farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people

1

Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

1

public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord

2

coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane

1

in person; personally; (do) oneself

1

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

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to wither while standing; to die standing (of plants)

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pine tree

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to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

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to set (sun); to become dark

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brown; tan

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moment; brief space of time

2

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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dusk; twilight

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