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music; old Japanese court music; gagaku

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Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu

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grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

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flesh (esp. of an animal); meat

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to apologize; to apologise

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combination; union; incorporation; congruence

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apology

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traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

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(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine

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Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty); (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine

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exorcism

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preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

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cultivation; farming

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divine gift

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scolding

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to add kana to; to add Japanese reading to

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to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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both sides

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poem offering

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prisoner

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military officer; naval officer

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fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

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Genzanmi

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Yorimasa

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Satou

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secretary (government); director; chief

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term of office

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return to one's country

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to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

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wearing one's hair in braids

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bodyguard (of a noble or high-ranking official); guard; attendant; aide; statues of guards that flank the gate of a shrine

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secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

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simplification

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to break; to smash

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the great evil god

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evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)

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to beat time; to mark time

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alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically

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hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

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essay on tanka poetry

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to rust; to become rusty

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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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Yamada Yoshio (1873.5.10-1958.11.20)

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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 own; to receive; to understand

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imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue

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

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