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waiting for the rising tide or a good opportunity

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Fujiwara No Tadazane (1078-1162)

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Akashikaikyou

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Heigorou

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Nagami

6

Michinori

3

Sutoku

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waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind

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Tameyoshi

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companion; company; tritagonist

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pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

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written imperial order (late Heian period)

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Yoshiie

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Itsukushima Shrine

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great scholar; savant; polymath

1

(plump and) happy-looking

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imperial bridal party's entry into the court

3

handling cargo; loading and unloading

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Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus, esp. referring to an adult); Japanese sea bass

5

north face; north side; the north; facing north

1

to lay the foundation (for)

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provincial governor (under the ritsuryo system, any of a group of officials, esp. the director)

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Kiyomori (shogun)

4

courtier; court official

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being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior

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to achieve one's desire

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to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

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freighter; lighter

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division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

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to do in earnest; to concentrate on; to apply one's mind to

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the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace

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Suma

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Heiji

1

(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre

6

to be hungry

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tracking down and killing; punitive expedition

3

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

2

Heike family; Taira family

9

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

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foster sibling; foster brother; foster sister

1

retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus

4

military fame

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great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

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handsome

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cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk

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control; management; supervision

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successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together

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Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

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vassals; retainers; followers

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