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malevolent god

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question; query

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paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

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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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last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

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conclusion; completion

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ladder (in go)

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Spain; Spanish (language)

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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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Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)

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Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

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Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

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Emperor Mommu; Mommu Tenno (683-707 CE, reigning: 697-707 CE)

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Saifu

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sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

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ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad

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preparation; provision; guarding

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Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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northeast

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reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

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management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

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to walk; to move forward; to make progress

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(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

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truly; indeed

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peninsula; Korea

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pressure; oppression; suppression

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to; towards; for

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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territories in the vicinity of Kyoto; territories in the vicinity of the imperial palace

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residence; abode; dwelling

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extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

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to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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to die out; to become extinct

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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before god; before an altar

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cape (on coast)

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strange custom; quaint custom

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation

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upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

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Wadō era (708.1.11-715.9.2)

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