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Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

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agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

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to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon

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zest for living; energy to live

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision

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reward

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importance; emphasis; stress

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entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster

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chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)

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

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plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

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central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

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and; thereupon; because of that

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sutra chanting

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decapitation; decapitated head

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filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)

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one party; one faction; one clique

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to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

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to open a path

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at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)

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parents and siblings; one's relatives

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sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

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relative

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pride; haughtiness

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to serve; to do

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sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan

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

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time; appointed time

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means; method

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(someone else's) child

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finally; barely; only just; gradually

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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to subsist; to keep on living

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in person; personally; directly

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to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)

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used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)

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honour; honor

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prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

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to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

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pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

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capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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to fight to the bitter end

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six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

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everybody

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family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

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early

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Imperial Court

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