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flattery; sycophancy; adulation

1

behind-the-scenes maneuvering; behind-the-scenes manoeuvring; secret maneuvers; secret manoeuvres

1

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

3

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

1

seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

4

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

2

moderate; proper; just right

1

within one's means

1

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

19

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

2

maintaining the status quo

1

group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

28

praise; worship; adoration; glorification

2

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

6

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

2

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

un-; non-

2

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

3

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

retirement (from the world); seclusion

2

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

2

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

1

now; come (now); well

3

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

4

poet

5

to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave

1

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

10

poem's locale

1

such; like that; that sort of

4

rhetoric

1

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

23

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish

2

universality

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

vivid; clear; distinct

4

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

4

town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

1

greenhouse; icehouse; cellar

2

Akiyori

1

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

5

so far as

7

25; twenty five

6

Hōen era (1135.4.27-1141.7.10)

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