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modesty; humility; being humble

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

15

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

good opportunity; chance

5

arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent

3

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

6

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

14

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

20

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

4

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

5

to choose; to select

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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

2

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

2

in respect of; in regards to; as for

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to be prolonged; to drag on

3

to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)

3

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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to take (adopt) measures

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

11

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

5

companion; company; tritagonist

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

1

interference; meddling; butting in

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birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

10

imperial court

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kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English

1

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

14

worry; anxiety; concern

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mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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to fear; to be afraid of

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

11

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

12

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

14

olden days; former

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

2

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

1

evening; night; dinner

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

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

4

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

22

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

3

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

2

sincerity; true heart; devotion

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

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