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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

3

sentence; judgment; judgement; pronouncement; order; command

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

dated; date; fixed; external

3

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

1

according to (someone)

4

official duties; office; function

1

the same rank; equality; apposition

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

difficult problem; challenge

1

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

1

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

1

persuasion

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ardor; enthusiasm

1

brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing

1

emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife

2

public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

2

hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia

1

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

1

medicine chest (container)

2

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

2

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

2

public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

5

you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

6

unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

1

old man; old geezer

1

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

professional

1

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

2

orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

1

professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon

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exception

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to make sense; to be meaningful

1

Suva (Fiji)

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sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

2

being ...

2

some book; book about that subject; books

1

call; invitation

2

God; god; ace; king; superior person

1

Yugenodoukyou

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Wake no Kiyomaro

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Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358.6.7)

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

3

Soga

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

1

Kudou Suketsune

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taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

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