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to prostrate oneself (before)

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formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)

1

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

2

call; appeal

1

simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled

2

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

1

business conversation

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

7

to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge

6

quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

1

main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)

1

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

1

separate building; outbuilding; outhouse

1

broad veranda; spacious veranda; eaves

1

railing; handrail; balustrade

1

(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian-period palace

1

latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)

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awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

2

garden lantern; hanging lantern

1

spring; fountain

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

2

(social) class; rank; grade

1

from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

2

formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)

3

construction; architecture (of buildings)

1

to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

1

drawing room; study; writing alcove; publishing house

1

Toyo

72

talk; dialogue; conversation

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makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi

4

paper

4

writing brush and inkstone; writing; composition; daily life of a writer

1

to enlarge; to widen; to spread out

4

to copy (down); to transcribe

1

one's own faction (of a party)

1

hairstyle; way one's hair is done up; one's hair and face; how one's face looks with one's hair done up a certain way

1

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

4

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

2

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

round-faced; bulging at the bottom; swelling toward the bottom

1

fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full; corpulent

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Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era

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Buddha; Buddhism

2

elegance; refinement; grace; aroma

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called; known as; that; to say

2

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

2

to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

2

immorality; dishonesty

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