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The so-called eight cardinal sins were defined and described in every single important classical text, be it Kojiki, Nihon-Shoki, Kogo-Syuui, or Engi-shiki (Oharainokotoba):-
1 Anahachi - to damage rice field ridges
2 Mizoume - to dam up water channels
3 Hihanati - to release a sluice gate to flood a rice field
4 Shikimaki - to seed over fields, which someone else has already cultivated and seeded
5 Kushisashi - to put up a sign by a field and make false-claim
6 Ikihaki?
7 Sakahaki - to abuse cattle, horses and other animals used for agriculture 8 Kusohe - to taint the day of Niinameno-matsuri, the day of new harvest.
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:- — This combination of marks has not been standard since the 18th century. Use either a colon (formal) or a dash (informal), but not both . Do not use a hyphen, but an m-dash: The so-called eight cardinal sins were defined and described in every single important classical text, be it the Kojiki , the Nihon-Shoki, the Kogo-Syuui , or the Engi-shiki ( Oharainokotoba ) : 1 Anahachi — to damage rice field ridges 2 Mizoume — to dam up water channels 3 Hihanati — to open a sluice gate and flood a rice field 4 Shikimaki — to seed over fie lds w hich someone else has already cultivated and seeded 5 Kushisashi — to put up a sign by a field and make a false property claim 6 Ikihaki — (sorry, no one at home here knows the translation) 7 Sakahaki — to abuse cattle, horses or other animals used for agriculture 8 Kusohe — to taint the day of Niinameno-matsuri, the day of new harvest.
- :- — This combination of marks has not been standard since the 18th century.
- Use either a colon (formal) or a dash (informal), but not both .
- Do not use a hyphen, but an m-dash: The so-called eight cardinal sins were defined and described in every single important classical text, be it the Kojiki , the Nihon-Shoki, the Kogo-Syuui , or the Engi-shiki ( Oharainokotoba ) : 1 Anahachi — to damage rice field ridges 2 Mizoume — to dam up water channels 3 Hihanati — to open a sluice gate and flood a rice field 4 Shikimaki — to seed over fie lds w hich someone else has already cultivated and seeded 5 Kushisashi — to put up a sign by a field and make a false property claim 6 Ikihaki — (sorry, no one at home here knows the translation) 7 Sakahaki — to abuse cattle, horses or other animals used for agriculture 8 Kusohe — to taint the day of Niinameno-matsuri, the day of new harvest.
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