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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

2

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

3

criticism; critique; review; commentary

2

critic

8

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

2

(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary

5

historical fact

2

manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

2

wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

2

recent years

1

comeback

1

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

1

top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax

2

literary prize

1

number of copies; circulation

2

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

1

thanks; gratitude

3

feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria

1

mail; postal matter; postal item

1

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

sealed letter

3

form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font

1

endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll

1

the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

2

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

I; me; my humble self

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

3

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

18

copying in entirety (verbatim)

1

seasoning; flavour; flavor

1

real name

1

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

2

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

2

devoted scholar; diligent student

1

contest; comparison; competition

1

rather than

3

history book

1

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408)

1

hunting; shooting; game; quarry

1

to be common

5

at random

1

list; enumeration

1

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

1

excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)

1

Eizou

1

model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example

1

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

1

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

1

to follow; to conform; to apply to

1