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failure; mistake; blunder

1

to repeat; to do over again

1

calamity; disaster; accident

1

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

1

Tenpyō-shōhō era (749.7.2-757.8.18)

1

autumn; fall

1

visiting Tang China (esp. of an envoy, monk, or exchange student); entering Tang China

3

ambassador

2

vice-envoy; deputy delegate

2

(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

1

Yangtze River (China)

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Yangzhou (China); Yangchow

4

(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)

1

Nobumitsu

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

2

envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

4

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

1

worldly affairs; public affairs

1

consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

1

will (probably); intend (to do); will

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

protection

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

6

monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court

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to get help; to enlist aid

1

secret; private; surreptitious

2

riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

1

Suzhou (China); Soochow

1

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

1

disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore

1

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity

1

under cover of night

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

1

to reach; to get to

2

attendant; follower

1

Houshin

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Quanzhou (China); Chinchew

2

stillness; quiet; peacefulness

3

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

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the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

2

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

10

10^44; hundred tredecillion

2

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

2

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

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upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)

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hermit; wizard; wizardry

2

child

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indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

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