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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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even

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grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

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good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

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temple's territory; temple's estate

2

division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification

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Kasuga Grand Shrine (in Nara)

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sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires

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portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

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direct petition

1

personal history

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

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lord of a manor; estate steward

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

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

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

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water well

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Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle; large passenger vehicle

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Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

1

to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)

1

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

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round well

5

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power

1

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

1

while; even though; despite

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go that far; to that extent

3

one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

1

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

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

5

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

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Matsunaga Hisahide

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Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess

1

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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we

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summer

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

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