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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

2

metal ring; metal hoop; metal band; trivet

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

5

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

1

line of regents and advisers (advisors)

2

again; once more; a second time

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

miscreant; scoundrel; villain

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to disperse; to take a castle

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

1

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

2

sutra chanting

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to say; to tell; to state; to do

2

Tadamasa

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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strict; stern

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

4

pilgrimage; visit

2

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

1

order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

3

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

2

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

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

3

worry; anxiety; concern

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

1

previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time

1

delay; procrastination

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

1

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days

2

to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life

2

Saeki

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vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)

1

spacious; vast; wide

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

2

to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

1

family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

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without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

my; our; one's own

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