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Liu Bei (161-223)

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the late; the deceased

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

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)

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food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

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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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Koumei

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jurisdiction

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in this way; thus; such; uh...

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niece

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

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Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

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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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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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five; 5

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi

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Chouun

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morning clouds

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young person; youth; young

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spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

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master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)

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threat; menace

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companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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bravery; military prowess; valour; valor

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to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

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tradition; legend; folklore

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personal combat; one-to-one fight

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be; is

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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scene; spectacle; sight; view

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(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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to occur; to happen

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art of war; strategy; tactics

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