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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

4

fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit

4

(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)

10

stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

1

last days; the end; one's fate

3

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress

4

Yukiie

2

above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

4

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

5

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

5

on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

1

ode in reply

9

insanity; an insane person

2

elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting

4

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

5

to answer; to reply

29

to read aloud to another

3

to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)

3

awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

2

madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie

1

imperial envoy; imperial messenger

1

parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

5

six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison); six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory); six principles of calligraphy; six classes of kanji characters

1

desire; request; wish

3

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

8

latter or second part

1

preceding paragraph; first part

2

downtown

12

Nagon

12

entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster

4

Shigenori

3

Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)

15

Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)

1

false charges; slander

2

Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)

3

inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor

13

to go past; to pass; to pass by

4

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

1

eviction

1

tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel

2

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

4

fragment of wood

1

to write down

5

bamboo blind

1

leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

1

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

18

original verse poem

26

imperially-commissioned poetry anthology

18

anecdote

6

old poem (esp. waka); old song

14