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Nijou

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Konoe Nobutada

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Nagaokakyou (city)

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to administer the affairs of state

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Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)

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(line of) regents and advisers (advisors)

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servant in charge of footwear

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accepting with pleasure

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pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

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courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court

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thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

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Oichi

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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)

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about; concerning; as to; regarding

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upstart; parvenu

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Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

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unforgettable; memorable

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imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner

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to be blessed with children

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(another person's) niece

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Kyoto

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increase; addition

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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permanence; eternity

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is it?; isn't it?

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how many times; how often

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

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situated deep in the mountains

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success in life

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fortune; property

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carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

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first of all; in the first place

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of all things (days, etc.)

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Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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appointment (to an office); investiture; commission

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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man of the hour; woman of the hour

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reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)

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Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

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imperial envoy; imperial messenger

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blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen

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gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

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Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

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just; fair; proper; reasonable

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

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to see; to look; to watch; to try to

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report to the Emperor

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