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Kenshou

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pons; pons Varolii

3

generation; lifetime; age

7

central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

5

Kyūju era (1154.10.28-1156.4.27)

2

Jishō era (1177.8.4-1181.7.14); Chishō era

6

author; writer; novelist; artist

11

secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

2

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

2

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

3

learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study

1

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

1

poetry; versification

12

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

3

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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Kujō Kanezane (1149-1207)

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to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

8

death (of a noble, etc.)

1

audience; interview

1

child; children

3

steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period); administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

6

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

2

patronage; protection

2

Goshirakawain

4

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

2

Yoshitsune

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

3

elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

3

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

judge (of literary contests)

4

weakening; emaciation; decline

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Kennin era (1201.2.13-1204.2.20)

11

ninety; 90

10

Waka Office; government office responsible for compiling imperially commissioned anthologies of waka poetry

21

public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

1

honour; honor; glory; privilege

1

to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)

1

Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion

1

Motomichi

2

Genkyū era (1204.2.20-1206.4.27)

5

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

8

30th day of the month; 30 days

1

to die (of a nobleman, etc.)

6

end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

9

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

10

empress's residence; empress

2

Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryō period); (arch.) alias; (arch.) pseudonym

1

official title

1

to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

1

Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)

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