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main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities

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conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness

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Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation")

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attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

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first; new

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled

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freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions

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processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

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United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

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man fit for the post; right person

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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rival chiefs

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grasping; winning over

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looking all around

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political

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major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

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world history; international history

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first-class

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politician; statesman

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the end (of); powder

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group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

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degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law

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things being very eventful at home and abroad

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Katsuyasu

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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history

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page

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to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

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pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

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Toranosuke

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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after all

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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important point; essential part; vital point; important state matters

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to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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scholar

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due form; official; formality

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

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praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)

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poor policy; poor plan; unwise measure; (one's own) plan

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one part; one portion; one section

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technical skill; ability; capacity

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never again

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Ōnin War (1467-1477)

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to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

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wise man

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extent; scope; sphere; range; span

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