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street musician

3

control; management; supervision

1

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

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

1

flier; flyer; fryer; frier

1

foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)

2

civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)

1

Western person

2

illumination; decorative lighting

1

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

to take away; to carry away

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

building; structure

1

exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

3

specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product

2

bay; gulf; inlet

2

several times; once or twice

1

brand; bland

2

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

1

celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy

1

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

1

Western style

2

construction; architecture (of buildings)

3

cursive style

1

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

3

Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

2

taking the family along

2

stranger; outsider

5

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

time warp; time travel

1

Christianity

2

aggression; invasion; raid

1

Japanese spirit with Western learning

1

Judaism

1

Chinese person

1

accumulation

1

center; centre; metropolis

3

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

3

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

3

round shape; circle; circular form

2

torii; Shinto shrine archway

1

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

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Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)

2

tiring easily; easy to tire

2

bronze statue

3

teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

1

rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

1

shyness

2