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song; ballad

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Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

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completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

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a period (of time)

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Chinese poem; Chinese poetry

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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Heian period (794-1185)

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ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

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huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

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anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection

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gleaning; gleanings

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substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

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Japanese literature

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however; nevertheless

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Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)

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(political) administration; political power

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to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

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stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

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Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets

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800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

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Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

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formalism

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court noble; nobility; Imperial Court

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continuous; unbroken; ceaseless

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poetic style

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Meiji Restoration (1868)

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romantic school; romanticism

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Yosano Tekkan

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sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description

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Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)

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aesthetic school

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Kitahara Hakushuu (1885-1942)

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to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of

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still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

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proletarian

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pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

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Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912)

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dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine

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Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata); (arch.) wild rocambole (Allium grayi)

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Saitou Mokichi (1882-1953)

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realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately

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criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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poem

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short

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to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off

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to overdo; to do too much

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ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border

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long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

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