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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

2

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

29

participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

5

they; them

3

representative; delegate

6

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

4

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

10

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

7

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

76

perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

1

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

5

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

7

to remain; to be left

46

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

2

Rikkokushi (esp. Nihon-shoki)

18

sky

8

Sagume

3

Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record

10

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

22

everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

5

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

18

name; given name; first name

6

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

3

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

45

(fine) art; the arts

37

starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

44

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

2

public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments

23

dancing; dance

10

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

20

joke; witticism; pleasantry; attempt at humour; attempt at humor

4

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

17

entertainment; performance

15

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

36

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

3

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

12

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

18

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

2

sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around

15

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

4

longevity

2

dancing; dance

55

-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure

24

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

20

opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad

2