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river; stream; River; the ... river

5

cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk

6

race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon

6

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

1

to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

3

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

I; me

7

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

9

to become pregnant

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

2

grave; gravesite; tomb

2

(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

3

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

2

sutra chanting

1

prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

2

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

1

field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)

1

retainer; vassal; servant

1

temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

1

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

1

used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)

2

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

6

woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

2

another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside

2

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

1

big; large; great

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

5

to be perturbed; to be agitated

1

always; constantly; at all times; habitually

1

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

2

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

4

to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

1

information; news; report; reward; retribution

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

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

5

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

2

person

3

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

5

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

3

to cause a stir; to have repercussions; to generate controversy

1

father

4

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

1

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

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