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Emperor Senka; Senka Tenno

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Emperor Kimmei; Kimmei Tenno (510-571 CE, reigning: 539-571 CE or 531-571 CE)

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system of rule during the Yamato period

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organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation

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ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

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Emperor Bidatsu; Bidatsu Tenno (538-585 CE, reigning: 572-585 CE)

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reception

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

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to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely

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Emperor Youmei; Youmei Tenno (?-587 CE, reigning: 585-587 CE)

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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Soganoumako

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Emperor Sushun; Sushun Tenno (?-592 CE, reigning: 587-592 CE)

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tremendous; immense

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empress

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Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku

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first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)

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Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)

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enactment; establishment; creation

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Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China

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Empress Kougyoku; Kougyoku Tenno (594-661 CE, reigning: 642-645 CE)

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Soganoiruka

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arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny

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Iruka

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Yamashiro no Ooenoou

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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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to rise; to swell; to be promoted

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Nakanoooenoouji (imperial prince, 614-671)

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overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

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Emperor Koutoku; Koutoku Tenno (597-654 CE, reigning 645-654 CE)

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Taika Reform of 645CE

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political system

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crushing defeat

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to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

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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

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Empress Jitou; Jitou Tenno (645-702 CE, reigning: 690-697 CE)

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madness; insanity

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to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

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to like; to prefer

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laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)

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light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

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false charge

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

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good deed; good conduct; benevolence

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inhuman; heinous; atrocious

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limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

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unprecedented; unique; unparalleled

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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