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free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control

5

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

6

magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring

1

long ago; once upon a time

2

to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

3

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

ushi-oni; mythical ox-headed monster

15

pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy

10

small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

10

incense

1

cape (on coast)

6

river; stream; River; the ... river

4

baby; infant

6

cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

4

yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman

4

Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

1

to cause harm (to)

1

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

1

diverse; various

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

8

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

2

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

2

coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis

2

most part; greater part; majority

14

weak; frail; fragile

5

progress; advance; improvement; development

3

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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better; superior

2

if so; in that case; then

1

two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

6

self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

2

thoughts; thinking

2

rice field

1

to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

3

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

4

to obstruct one's way

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

7

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

8

end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years

2

Perry Expedition (1853); arrival of the Black Ships

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

3

history

8

historic; historical

2

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

4

Meiji Restoration (1868)

2

to indicate; to show; to point to

7

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

6

to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

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