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badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

3

to lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something); to suffer a (perceived) loss

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

3

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick

1

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

2

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

8

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

3

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

6

to hurry; to hasten

2

for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

1

house search; search of the premises

3

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

6

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

2

while in class

1

schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus

2

results; record; grades; marks

2

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

to chase around

1

bare hand; empty hand

2

(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

1

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

2

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

2

treasure

8

trifling; trivial; slight

4

wild boar; wild pig

3

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)

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Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

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Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with

1

code; program; code; regulation; code; symbol set; cord

1

this much; this amount

1

to meet someone by chance; to happen upon

3

with a thud

1

true story

1

whale (Cetacea spp.)

62

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained

7

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant

1

huge body; large build

4

shape; form

1

to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; must

4

divine; sublime; solemn

2

front-row sets; ringside seats

1

exceptional item; extraordinary product

1

government management; state management

1