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公
Historical term
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō
こうけい only; Historical term
three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
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kumon; official documents submitted to the central government (ritsuryō system)
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Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
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temporary name of the initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869)
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land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office
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faithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
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expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
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complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms; ritsuryō period)
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idea of uniting the court and the shogunate (late Edo period)
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land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
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land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
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three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
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duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
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Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)
Rare term; 'taru' adjective
completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight