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relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

3

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

1

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

2

racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

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dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

road; highway

1

whirlwind

1

sand; grit

1

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

2

first impression

1

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

2

(not) a soul; (not) a single person

1

inn

1

in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

1

does not

1

walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

1

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

1

tall (of a person)

1

comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

glamorous

1

light brown; tawny

1

soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)

1

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

2

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

private house

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

2

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

because of; owing to; due to

1

feudal lord

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at the last moment; this late in the game

1

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

3

teary eyes

2

with a start; with a jump

1

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

seeming very

1

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

3

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

2

(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

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