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Tokitada

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Motofusa

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Kiyotsune

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Tokiko

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Tokuko

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Tadamori

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Tomomori

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bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.); bamboo imitation sword; dull sword

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silver foil; silver leaf; beaten silver

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sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

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Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara

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even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade

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Saifu

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lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)

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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)

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debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi

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vigorously ...; suddenly ...

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Kyoto

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

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all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

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opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province

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recovery; convalescence

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

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Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

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military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service

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to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

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receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving

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entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster

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helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

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biwa (Japanese lute)

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fourth court rank

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wearing a sword

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Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

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chisel

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court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

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this world; earthly life

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(younger) sister

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good bye; I'm off; see you later

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

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imperial court

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low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar

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head; chief; boss

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not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

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third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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playmate; playfellow

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major general; rear admiral; air commodore

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sound; noise; note; fame

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strict; stern

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