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weather; astronomical phenomena

1

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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flippant; frivolous; thoughtless; careless

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

5

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

4

one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph

2

genuine; authentic; true; pure

2

manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying

6

possible; likely; probable

2

danger; peril; hazard; risk

4

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

2

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

2

Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)

1

Hōgen era (1156.4.27-1159.4.20)

1

dialect; provincialism

1

Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)

1

earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug

1

pertaining to school

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

5

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

13

persevering; very patient

1

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

11

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

8

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

3

inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

3

busy; having no (free) time

1

(by) one's side; nearby location; place close to one's person; you

1

picture scroll

1

reproduction; duplication; reprinting

1

The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)

44

picture scroll

4

the Diary of Murasaki Shikibu

2

disease; -pathy

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

4

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

3

number of characters; number of letters

14

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

25

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

2

way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

2

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

38

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

3

number of lines; linage

1

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

44

the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

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