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Emperor Jimmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me

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name of a god; name of a shrine

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Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

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meeting; greeting; welcome

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Sarutahiko (deity)

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administrative and civil code

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gods of heaven and earth

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gods of the land; earthly deities

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Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

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Department of Divinities (1868-1871); Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)

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ceremony; celebration; law code; Sweden

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

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Engi-Shiki (set of ancient Japanese governmental regulations)

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book; register

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to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

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tolerance; magnanimity; comprehension; inclusion; encompassing

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maintain; retain; continue

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words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

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Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE); historical record from the Inbe clan

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pair; two kinds; two ways

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crime; offence; offense

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skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

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jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

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right of possession

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infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass

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letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning

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difference; variation; difference

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Rikkokushi (six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods); Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan

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Emperor Keikou; Keikou Tenno

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imperial decree; imperial edict

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(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst

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father and child; father and son; father and daughter

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distinction; differentiation; discrimination

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norito read at a great purification event

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after ages; posterity; future life; the next world

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oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

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ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address

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question; query

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paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis

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irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal

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fierce god

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firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

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opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

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conclusion; completion

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western expedition; military campaign to the west

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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