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prototype; model; pattern; archetypal

3

pride; dignity; self-respect

2

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

1

collected waka poems (of a single poet)

1

second wife

1

former wife; late wife

1

prayer and austerities

1

to pray; to wish

4

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

4

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

3

foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions

1

the deceased

1

word; remark; statement

1

trouble

1

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

1

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

person concerned; interested party; related party

1

conscience

1

(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

3

trust; credit; credence

1

like that; so

5

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

2

utmost limits; extremity; limit

2

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

3

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

7

illusion; fallacy; delusion

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

2

physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses

2

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

3

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

1

to fear; to be afraid of

4

shadow figure; silhouette

1

symbol

1

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

1

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

1

Ural

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Altaiskii (Russia); Altaj (Mongolia); Altay

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

1

shamanism

2

history

1

Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami

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