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barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

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tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

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similarly; same (idea); same (name)

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talk; story; conversation

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix

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general; shogun

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Iemochi

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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Yoshinobu

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throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself

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guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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affectation; ostentation; vanity

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to show off; to parade; to pretend

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

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to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

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common; usual

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to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

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tip of the lips

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Japan

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Emperor of Japan

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

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equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

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to give; to do ...

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haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

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to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)

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shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.

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free-standing house; clump (e.g. of trees); group

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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three people

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

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to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

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without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

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living room (Western style); sitting room

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thought to be; seen as

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to take a seat; to sit; to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)

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