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Noriyori

4

to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

4

Juei era (1182.5.27-1184.4.16)

2

Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

2

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

2

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

4

Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

3

counter for questions

1

appointments and dismissal

1

office and rank; an official rank

2

feudal society

3

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

6

real power

3

artistry; artistic quality; artistic character

4

correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)

5

haiku poet

12

haikai (humorous or vulgar renga poetry)

2

linked verse; couplet

3

Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)

3

Nishiyama Souin

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

2

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

10

complication

1

professional

3

critic of haiku poetry

1

to make a success in life

3

to take up one's residence

1

the world of the haiku

3

a few years later

2

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

5

pupil; student; follower

4

luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)

1

pseudonym of a haiku poet

2

Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

22

separation; farewell; parting

1

apology; excuse

2

poetic sentiment; poetic interest; poetic inspiration

1

old pool; old pond

3

to focus (on)

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

1

presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation

1

intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together

1

departure

6

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

2

long era; ages; eternity

1

traveller (passing through); traveler

1

ancient people

1

excellent poem; famous poem

1