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toy fireworks; sparklers

1

to burn out

4

to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)

2

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

7

hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark

4

blue and white; paleness; pallidness

2

will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus

8

all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of a country; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor

1

field

1

rebellion; great uprising

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

1

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

3

to die

3

while alive; during one's lifetime

2

deadly poison

1

visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms

4

genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

1

to wander from place to place; to change jobs

1

change in appearance; transformation

4

magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade

1

definition

3

nothing but; none other than

4

your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)

4

longing for; burning desire

1

conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

2

new government; new administration

1

decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

1

outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...

6

bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant

4

Southern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Southern Dynasty; Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

3

ambitious person

3

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

2

to settle (a dispute)

4

Dannoura (site of a major sea battle of the Genpei War); Dan-no-ura

1

High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)

2

Izanagi-no-Mikoto; Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

1

Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

2

Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

1

Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

5

land of the gods; Japan; Heaven

1

to get slightly dirty (all over)

3

slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants; male and female servants; manservants and maids

1

slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants; male and female servants; manservants and maids

2

weed

3

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

1

subject; national; citizen

1

imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu

2

weak (market); bearish; soft (tone, focus) (photography)

2

vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition

2