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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

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travel; trip; journey

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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three people

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

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barrier; checkpoint; checking station

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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Hamamatsu (city)

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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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derailment; digression; deviation

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while; even though; despite

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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west

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to; towards; for

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to face; to go towards; to head towards

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many; numerous

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

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be; is

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that is; namely; i.e.

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Samurai Champloo

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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opening a book; opening (part) of a book

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to become (formal)

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to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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