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Oomidouji

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Eiryaku era (1160.1.10-1161.9.4)

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Goshirakawajoukou (retired emperor)

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Akugenta

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Otowaka

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Toukurou

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homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings

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Chita Peninsula

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to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

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

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Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name

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Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)

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successive generations

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to rise in rebellion

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unjust; inhuman

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modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables

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to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close

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nation building

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jealousy

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to march on the capital

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to give guidance; to explain clearly; to admonish; to preach

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to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself

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to arrest; to apprehend

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banishment; exile

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tracking down and killing; punitive expedition

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difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear

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losing one's life; death

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imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

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to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

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stony mountain

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betrayal; infidelity

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repeatedly; to a tremendous extent

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situation; developments; outcome

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rebel; traitor

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(one's) late mother

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optimism

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one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

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to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

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to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press

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bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)

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deliberate hindrance; obstruction

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party-internal; within the party

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)

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second elder brother

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fasting; fast

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hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

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short sword; small sword

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to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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