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-years-old

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genuine autograph; genuine article

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palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting; room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees; person living in such a room; boarding house for trainee administrators (Ritsuryo period)

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Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

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hostage

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to steal (from a person)

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Nobunaga

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to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily

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beginning; inception

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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until now; so far; up to the present

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to put forward a theory

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now that; since; so long as; because

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grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

2

novel; (short) story

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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borrowing

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please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure

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as above-mentioned

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birth

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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success; hit

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dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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origin; appearance of auspicious omen

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people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

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exploitation; overuse; abuse

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abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

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to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

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to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

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to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

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(once) again

4

return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

1

each; (arch.) you (plural)

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bearing in mind (a thought, feeling, etc.); embrace; hug; (arch.) bosom; (arch.) (breast) pocket

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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to talk together

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

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Shuzen

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to hate; to detest

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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immediate follower (of the shogun)

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shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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