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to beat time; to mark time

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correction; revision; amendment

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Collection of Poems of Ancient and Modern Times

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically

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command; direction

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hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

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millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

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nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

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Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

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main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist

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national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)

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fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing

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essay on tanka poetry

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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to rust; to become rusty

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to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

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so; like this; in this way

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Yamada Yoshio (1873.5.10-1958.11.20)

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solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

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emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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rusted; rusty

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Emperor Koubun; Koubun Tenno (648-672 CE, reigning: 671-672 CE)

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Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)

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to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

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all; every

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to own; to receive; to understand

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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armed might; military power; the sword; force

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imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue

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to govern; to manage; to subdue

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

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samurai; warrior; military family

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to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout

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each nation; many nations; many countries

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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(political) power; authority; influence

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to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

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to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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