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Kiyomori

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after death

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calamity; misfortune

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execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

15

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

2

to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend

3

Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)

2

director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

4

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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Yoritomo

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eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son

1

father and child; father and son; father and daughter

7

already; now; no longer; not any more

2

unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

1

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

5

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

1

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

2

suppression; repression; subjugation

4

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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(arch.) I; you

4

stirred up; inspired; moved to action

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

5

meritorious war service

1

to call out; to summon

1

passage; paragraph

2

as one promised

4

to be in high spirits

1

to leave; to withdraw; to appear before; to present oneself

1

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

damn; bastard; humble

4

the end

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

7

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour

2

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

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passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)

1

to have a long life; to live a long time

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emphasizes direct object of action

1

to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

4

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

2

rather; better

2

disgrace; shame

1

old pine tree

1

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

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