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shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

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optimism; taking an optimistic view

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Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

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fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance

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successively; one after another

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friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

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stipend; reward

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chief vassal; senior statesman

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Hase

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Ichizaemon

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delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle

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to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

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addition; increase; Canada

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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daughter

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almost every day; almost daily

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(Edo-period) chief minister

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Naosuke

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hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three

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best; greatest; first

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to govern; to manage; to subdue

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invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

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accomplishment; execution

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loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

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Yoshikatsu

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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proceeding to the capital

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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infancy; childhood; infant; child

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(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

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thousand years; very long period; forever

2

to have; to possess

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the shogunate army

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Naruse

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(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive

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manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

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nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

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like; similar to; same as

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cloud

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Shinzaemon

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chamberlain; castle keeper

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