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when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

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funazushi; old-style fermented crucian carp sushi

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Shigetsugu

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fish skin with a granular texture, esp. shark and stingray; rough ceramic glaze (like sharkskin); rough enamel

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legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State

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Shutoku

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Muryoukotobukiji

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Shigetsugu

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Hikigi

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irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

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Kohime

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sea squirt; ascidian

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Gen'an

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letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples

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Kaesong (North Korea)

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(one's own) handwriting (esp. someone of high rank or status)

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seminary

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transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

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greenbottle fly (esp. species Lucilia caesar)

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Oliver; Oribe

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fish skin with a granular texture, esp. shark and stingray; rough ceramic glaze (like sharkskin); rough enamel

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Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); (lit.) barbarians to the west

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gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration); family celebration; private celebration

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monolayer; single layer; single story (storey)

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unglazed (e.g. pottery)

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Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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oval gold coin struck by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1588

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Chousokabe

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potter's mark

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eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy)

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greenish nasal mucus; green snot

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Ootomo Yoshimune

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Koryo-dynasty tea bowl

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small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

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Gamou

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lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

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stand for tea bowls (tea ceremony)

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vase

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Crossroads

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swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus); Japanese blue crab

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pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

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Nagamaru

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burning off a field (in early spring)

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to smoke; to fumigate

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tubercle

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living in the mountains; house in the mountains

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taro stem

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Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period)

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Mizoo

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