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Kuromaro

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

81

scholar monk

2

Japanese literature; Japanese writing; Japanese text

1

Shouan

1

congratulation; celebration

15

wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom

1

return to one's country

40

short-term

2

studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

18

Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)

1

naming; giving a name; designation; nominal

6

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

12

great sage

1

Hirotaka

1

to mimic; to imitate

5

corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryo system)

5

forced labour (labor) imposed upon commoners (ritsuryo period)

4

commoner; plebeian

16

in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow

1

work; labor; labour; toil

10

harvest; crop; yield

3

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

26

poem; narrative (style of the Shi Jing); classical Chinese rhymed prose

2

taxes; taxation

6

storehouse; warehouse; godown

7

fields (of rice and other crops)

29

annual tribute; land tax

72

enactment; establishment; creation

72

Taiho Code (701 CE)

13

formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on

4

review; rehearsal

1

criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

26

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

1

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

8

criminal law; penal code

6

administrative law

3

civil affairs; civil case

2

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

7

Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

4

Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

6

cold wind descending from the mountains; cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)

1

Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

11

using as an intermediary; through

2

intervention

17

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

9

good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

2

(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

2

good citizens; law-abiding people

5

to pay a tax

1