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Musashino University

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Isao

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outpost; detached garrison

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Abacab

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Horikoshi

1

modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history

1

playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes

1

Ushiko

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The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty

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the Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)

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Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion

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Bun'ei era (1264.2.28-1275.4.25)

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rich farmer

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industrialization; industrialisation

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CD player

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Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)

2

Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

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Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

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cats (esp. the musical: Cats)

1

Kanako

3

land tax

1

knitting needle

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to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

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drawing pin; thumb tack

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homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman

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timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule

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Kawai

2

female cat

2

seasonal winds

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midnight

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Saori

1

before the year ...

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buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer)

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visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support

2

wife

1

landscape photograph; scenic photograph

1

Kyousuke

1

dubbing; adding a new audio (usu. voice) track to an existing video, film, etc.; dubbing; re-recording existing video or audio data to a new DVD, tape, etc.

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(received) present; gift

2

downtown

2

person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)

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grammar

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shaking like a jelly; jellylike

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Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

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permanence; eternity

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peta-; 10^15

2

fox with supernatural powers

1

point of an argument; drift of an argument

2

provincial tour

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the Pope

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