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or; otherwise

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fortified city; walled city

2

general; popular; common; typical

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Japan

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Nara period (710-794 CE)

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centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

4

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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castle town

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system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

4

general idea; concept; notion

1

import; importation; introduction; afferent

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Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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Heian-kyō; ancient Kyoto

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Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)

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castle gate

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watchtower; observation tower; lookout

1

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

4

earthquake

1

fire; conflagration

1

damage

1

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

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power of the state; government authority

1

appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own

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Imperial Court

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income; receipts; revenue

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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hostile; adversarial; antagonistic

2

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

3

absence; disregard; indifference

2

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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second half; latter half

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

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level ground; plain; flatland

3

daimyo in the Warring States period

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territory; fiefdom; feudal domain

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management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

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to be based in (a place)

1

importance; gravity

1

to increase; to grow

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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rice field

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

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in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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