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renga poet

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with (someone's) help

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Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

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upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

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wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol

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to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

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adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant

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disfavor; disfavour; disinheritance

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

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ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government

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birth

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prickling; stinging; tingling

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individual; separate; personal; case-by-case

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Fujitaka

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Yuusai

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bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world

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Garasha

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front gate

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right-angled bend

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all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)

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straight line

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fieldstone

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paving stone; pavement

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snow; snowfall

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irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

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Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)

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stone lantern

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group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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to interweave

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to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

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rear; back; reverse

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to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

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to break; to smash

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defective item; defective product; defective merchandise

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Christian name; baptismal name

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

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to slay; to kill

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usual state of things

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northern part; the north (of a region)

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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

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arrangement

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Catholic (church)

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baptism

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padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian

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command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

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Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

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capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

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