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ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

2

person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint

1

in some cases; sometimes; on occasions

2

royal authority; regal power; authority of the king

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

4

selfishness; selfish motive

2

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month

1

condensed milk; Soviet Union

1

Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

2

high official

4

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

2

self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity

1

woman; girl

4

many people; a large number of people

1

court lady; lady-in-waiting

2

to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain

2

court lady

3

(in the) good name (of); (fine-sounding) pretext; good reputation; good name; beautiful name

3

tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

near relative

1

office and rank; an official rank

1

one's own house; own; personal; autologous

2

Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

2

to seize power

4

head of a martial arts organization (organisation)

1

emphasizes direct object of action

2

adds force or indicates command

4

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

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

5

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

6

thus; in this way

2

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

8

Kiyomori (shogun)

3

Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm

1

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down

1

Kiyomori

2

cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk

2

gambling den; gambling house

3

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

5

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

4

Yoritomo

5

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

8

Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

1

to raise an army

1

Kamakura (city)

4

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

1