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anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

4

strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

4

false charge; slander; defamation

1

son-in-law

2

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

3

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

2

eldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent

1

to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly

1

important person

2

same age

3

Kitano-tenmangu (shrine in Kyoto)

2

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

10

first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine

3

conferring court rank posthumously

1

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

2

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

2

east wind; spring wind

2

to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage

1

to lose something

2

garden tree

1

Dazaifutenmanguu

1

residence; mansion

5

to jump from one thing to another

2

war chronicle

2

Hōgen era (1156.4.27-1159.4.20)

12

Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)

17

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

10

execution

9

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

3

Yukinaga

1

blindness

1

lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

change; alteration; modification

1

variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; strange book; rare book; unique book

1

all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

2

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

2

even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade

2

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

2

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

3

short spring night

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

2

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

(social) position; status

15

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

2

Kiyomori (shogun)

8

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

1

if not

2