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height of prosperity

5

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

85

to become; to amount to

60

teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

8

inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers

9

inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder

6

small businessman; petty trader

2

neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts

2

charcoal; charred remains

1

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

21

class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

30

bribe

2

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

2

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

2

furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

3

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

2

at times; occasionally

21

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

11

Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

85

Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)

3

two

13

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

3

limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)

4

Italy

20

Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

85

fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance

12

central government office; head office; this office

8

(governmental) branch office; subprefecture

22

high mountain; alpine mountain

14

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

7

only; nothing but

21

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

3

beginning; inauguration

1

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

2

Kisofukushima

29

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

55

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

60

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

29

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

7

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

6

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

4

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

42

affliction; suffering

2

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

4

that; the matter in question

3

to refer to; to mention (e.g. theme)

2