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rule; government

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government affairs

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to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

3

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

3

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

4

space; room; airspace

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to state; to express; to mention

2

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

6

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

first place

1

country name

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

3

Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

8

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

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eternity; perpetuity

1

New Year's morning

1

enthronement ceremony; coronation

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imperial decree; imperial edict

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internal; domestic

3

under control (e.g. of territory)

1

all over Japan; throughout Japan

2

Great Japan

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

1

outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

2

imperial estate

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six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside

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the whole country

2

same name; homonym

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

1

reed bed

3

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno

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founding of a state

3

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

5

the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

5

to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)

2

right under; directly below

1

heaven and earth; top and bottom

5

direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service

2

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

3

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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reply; answer

2

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

8

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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oh; ah

2

only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually

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