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known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer

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Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

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human history

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old man; old geezer

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sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

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consecutive defeats; series of defeats

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sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage

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being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one

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usual state of things

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heyday; golden age

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to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

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desire for revenge; vengeful thought

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swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)

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the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

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yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

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ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

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so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)

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master swordsman

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

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mockery; derision; ridicule

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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still; even now

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what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

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literally; to the letter; literal

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to pay respect (to)

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man among men; man's man

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to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

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Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement

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tyrant; despot

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ancient times

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spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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armed struggle

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to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

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this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

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master; expert

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means; method

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stupid brat; son of a bitch

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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

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dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

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to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

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dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

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loser; defeated person; the defeated

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to crowd; to flock; to swarm

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