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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

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waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

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string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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absolute secrecy

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way of thinking

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after death

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judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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Japanese style

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mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune

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to want; to desire

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to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

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superior; superiors; senior

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split; division; break up

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strife; struggle

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to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

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as above-mentioned

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to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

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hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings

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Kouken

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Emperor Shoutoku; Shoutoku Tenno (718-770 CE, reigning: 764-770 CE)

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envoy to Tang China

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to say; to state

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to take turns; to mingle together

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delivering a message to the emperor

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

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thin strip of bamboo

2

guarding; protecting

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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traditional; conventional

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name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

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self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

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government or official circles; official quarters

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system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

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mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

2

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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street; quarter; district; area

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whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen

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guidance

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to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

3

liking; taste; choice

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association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)

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first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period

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century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

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long time; long interval; for quite some time

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universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent

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official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation

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