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imperial proclamation

2

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

2

participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

1

Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)

1

to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

1

jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)

1

loan; borrowing

1

palace visit

1

report to the Emperor

1

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

2

Uhyoue

1

freezing rain

1

to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle

1

firm refusal

1

unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)

1

distrust; unjust suspicion

1

government service; the bureaucracy

1

the same month

1

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

1

old precedent; tradition; custom

3

sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around

2

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

4

successive generations; successive emperors

1

literary and military arts; the pen and the sword

1

all the officials

1

invitation

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

the good and the beautiful

1

celebration

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

1

new example (precedent)

1

rebel; traitor

1

wiping out; annihilation

1

celebration of a child's seventh day

1

to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)

1

lieutenant general; vice-shogun

1

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

2

eagerly; earnestly; ardently

1

to leave for home

1

day trip

1

hunting

1

construction; establishment

1

battle cry

2

fourth day of the month; four days

3

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

8

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

1

row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

1

nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall

1

ash; embers; complete destruction

1