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arrival; coming; advent

3

(one's) life

1

complete change; about-face

10

descendant

3

one's previous existence

1

to worry oneself sick

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

1

Hōen era (1135.4.27-1141.7.10)

1

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

1

fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

1

(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system); old man; white ash (of charcoal)

1

office and rank; an official rank

1

precipitous

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

degenerate age; corrupt world; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law

3

raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning

1

Hōgen era (1156.4.27-1159.4.20)

3

revolt; rebellion; war

3

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service

2

pilgrimage; visit

1

Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

1

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

4

imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill

1

going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)

1

Ueda Akinari (1734.7.25-1809.8.8)

1

Ugetsumonogatari

1

beginning; opening; start; outset

1

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

1

banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system

1

Sutokuin

3

imperial tomb

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

2

devil; imp; evil spirit

1

revenge

4

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1

hundred; 100

14

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

4

to march on the capital

1

desperation; struggle to the death

2

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

Jishō era (1177.8.4-1181.7.14); Chishō era

1

four years

4

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

2

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

3

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

2

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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