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Eimei

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Ittetsu

2

to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment

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Ranja

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Yoshizou

2

Yasunaga

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Jōdo Shinshū

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traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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incense

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Konoe Sakihisa

1

to quell; to quiet

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Emperor Ogimachi; Ogimachi Tenno (1517-1593 CE, reigning: 1557-1586 CE)

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guardian deity of one's birthplace

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Nobumori

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the emperor's pleasure

2

to be contrary

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Saitoudousan

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padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian

3

lowest seat

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Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

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loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar

1

cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary

1

at once; immediately

1

right and wrong

1

whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz

2

(with) only the clothes one happens to wear

1

Fujitaka

4

earnestly; humbly

1

land and water

1

to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

1

gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc.

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

within the next couple of days; in a day or two

2

abdication

5

participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

2

such; like this

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one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

1

territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

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Toukichirō

1

admiration and devotion; hearty submission

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adjustment; touch up

1

that matter; those matters

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Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

2

unnatural death; violent death

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

2

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

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Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages

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Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

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something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic

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