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Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)

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mother and child

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

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armed forces; military; troops

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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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surrender (fall) of a castle

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

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letter

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father and mother; parents

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

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guardians; parents; father and older brother

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relative; relation; kin

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meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

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homecoming; return to one's home

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correspondence; news; letter; tidings

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battlefield; battleground

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cannonball; shot (in the shot put)

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departure

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anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

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Buddhist memorial service

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to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

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seventh anniversary of a death

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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to speak; to hear a voice

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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

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great joy

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that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

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ghost story

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old times; former times

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mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

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furthermore; even more

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dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

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difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

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14; fourteen

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racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer

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last month

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sixth day of the month; six days

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17; seventeen

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

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railroad track; rail line

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cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

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death by being run over

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history

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mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

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Naritachō

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