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Passage 1 : Day of Departure: persona, genre, aim, protagonist's doings

Auxiliaries: "hearsay" nari, mu. Other: AN
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Auxiliaries: besi, zu, tu, nu. Particles: namu. Other: AN
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Passage 2 : Abe no Nakamaro departs China, poem "Awounabara ..."

Auxiliaries: keri, besi, kemu. Particles: ya, zo
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Auxiliaries: tabu, keri, ki, ari (-eri). Particles: namu, zo. Other: IZ + ba
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Passage 3 : A boy's boatsong; 'Black Birds, White Waves'

Auxiliaries: ari (-eri), keri, ma, (ra)ru. Particles: zo, ya, zu. Other: IZ + ba, cleft copula
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Auxiliaries: (ra)ru(?), wori. Particles: koso, ya, zo. Other: IZ + ba, RT + ni
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Auxiliaries: tari, zu. Particles: zo. Other: IZ + do, IZ + ba
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Passage 4 : Entering the capital, poems "Hisakata no ...", "Amagumo no ...", "Katuragaha ..."

Auxiliaries: mu, zu, nu, keri, ari (-eri). Particles: zo. Other: IZ + ba, ihaku
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Auxiliaries: tari, zu, keri, ari (-eri), tu, nu. Particles: ga. Other: AN, IZ + do
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Auxiliaries: zu. Particles: zo. Other: IZ + ba
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Passage 5 : Arriving home: house & grounds in bright moonlight

Auxiliaries: ki, tari, tu, keri, ari (-eri)(?). Particles: zo, koso. Other: RT + ni, IZ + ba
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Auxiliaries: zu, (sa)su, tari, mu, ari (-eri)(?), ki, nu, kemu, keri. Other: IZ + do
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Auxiliaries: tari, ari (-eri)(?), nu. Particles: zo. Other: IZ + ba
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