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ritual; religious service; festival

3

(in one's) possession

1

historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives

31

to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent

2

very great; enormous; serious

1

pioneer; settler; colonist

2

structure; building

1

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

1

burying alive

1

misfortune; bad luck; evil; unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky

4

flood; flooding

1

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

damage caused by wild animals (e.g. to crops, trees)

2

irrigation

3

to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

4

hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship

2

agrarian society

1

source of river; fountainhead

3

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

2

literature; books (reference); document

3

the oldest; the earliest

2

with a clack; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

1

part-time farming

1

to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

1

source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison

1

spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

4

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

1

traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue

1

to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)

2

record of personal experiences; chronicle of one's experiences

1

record; transcript

1

to play a central role; to take a leading part

2

forest fire; wildfire; bushfire

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

2

lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness

2

woman

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

2

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

2

unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track

1

town originally built around a temple or shrine

1

travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal

3

appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent

1

curt; blunt; cold; short

1

Edo period (1603-1868)

1

middle period; medium-term

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

1

in the middle of a field

1

explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

1