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reform; reformation; reorganization

5

years later

4

attack; charge; raid

1

will; testament; last request

4

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

1

(arch.) sixteen

2

sickbed; (hospital) bed

1

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

everything; anything; nothing

1

rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

1

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

1

opinion; view; comment

3

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

1

prey; victim

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

head of family; originator

3

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

forerunner; ringleader

1

Sakaibe Marise

1

to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

1

Emperor Jomei; Jomei Tenno (593-641 CE, reigning: 629-641 CE)

7

envoy to Tang China

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

(all) together

1

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)

5

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

6

iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow

1

young and energetic; up-and-coming

1

to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

1

Soganoemishi

3

parent and child

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

1

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

gate of a palace

2

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

to increase; to multiply

1

kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul

1

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

3

three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China

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the three Han nations (of ancient Korea)

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pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1