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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

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well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb

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Kawai

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Emon

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Fushimi

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magistrate; shogunate administrator

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Kobori Enshuu

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enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

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fortunes of a family

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly

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well

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

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transfer; assignment; conveyance

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if not ...; unless ...

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originally; by nature; from the start

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to prosper; to flourish

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to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

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reluctant; unwilling; unfortunate; sad (when something doesn't go as planned or as you had hoped)

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

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to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

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the said family; the same family

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ancestor

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chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean

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Yorinobu

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Ieyasu

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anecdote

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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one or two; a few; small number

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monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court

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Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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fine product; masterpiece

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

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friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

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consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour

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decoration; arrangement

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all; everything

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

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black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

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drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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set of staggered shelves

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bet; stakes

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perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

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