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Ueyama

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Nihon Kōki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)

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Asa

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Tamura Maro

10

consciousness; awareness; relief; calm

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Sakanouenotamuramaro

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Aterui (?-802)

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Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

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left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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Emperor Kammu; Kammu Tenno (737-806 CE, reigning: 781-806 CE)

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height; elevated place

5

to look disheartened

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but; however

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handling cargo; loading and unloading

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secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting

1

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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to be inflated with pride

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Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

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idea; plan

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knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

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villager; village folk; countryfolk

5

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

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let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

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armed forces; battle troops

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close-cropped head; bald hill

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longstanding desire

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relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

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headquarters

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)

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skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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party-internal; within the party

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behavior; behaviour

1

forerunner; ringleader

1

all means

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

1

forest fire; bushfire; wildfire

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war cry; battle cry

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(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit

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to live long; to survive

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We

4

neigh; whinny; bray

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this occasion; at this time; now

3

request

1

too ashamed to meet

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Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

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cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

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conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition

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