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inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

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Fujiwara No Yorinaga (1120-1156.8.1)

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Emperor Sutoku; Sutoku Tenno (1119-1164 CE, reigning: 1123-1141 CE)

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Heigorou

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Michinori

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Gion-sha (former name for Yasaka-Jinja)

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temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

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line of regents and advisers (advisors)

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long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto

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(plump and) happy-looking

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whole district of Kanto

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late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering

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nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa

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mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant

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Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

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strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

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feigned ignorance

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Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji

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verge of death; dying moments

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

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loyalty; loyal (faithful) service

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Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

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separate

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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empress; empress dowager

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to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life

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to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

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(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake

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Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

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what is called; what they call; so-called

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each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

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modest; reserved

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temporarily; short period; once; one morning

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suddenly; all at once; rapidly

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to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

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moment of death

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current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence

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knowing

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to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

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proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

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prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

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contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

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to shoot or fire off an arrow

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number of times

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villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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my lord

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traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)

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