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nominal rank

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

1

base powder; bulk powder

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

3

sin; iniquity; crime

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

1

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

1

Heike family; Taira family

3

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

5

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

3

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

2

rice ball

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

2

if not

1

to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile

1

father-in-law

2

great admiration; deep respect

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

2

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

6

counter for birds, rabbits, etc.

6

failure; mistake; blunder

2

every quarter; all sides

1

governor-general; governor; viceroy

4

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

5

(lower) jaw; chatterbox

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

1

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

beam; joist

1

Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region

1

Saionji Kinmochi

2

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

4

syllabary; phonetic symbol

2

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

3

Kujou Michitaka (1839-1906.1.4)

1

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

1

commander

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

4

marquis; lord; daimyo

15

count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian

1

pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub

1

comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

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