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light torso armour opening at the right, originally used for infantry combat; dō-maru

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud; building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

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seeming very ...

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rice planting

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Natsukawa

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preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence

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to build; to construct

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house; hall; building

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have to do; must; should; ought to

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high quality tatami covering made with soft rush from Hiroshima Prefecture

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(water-filled) paddy field

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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one scene

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eight; 8

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mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

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spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive

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Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)

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Kurume

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to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

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common reed (Phragmites australis)

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dark blue cloth with white splash patterns

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

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indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

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dead person

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kozo (paper); kōzogami; Japanese tissue made from the bark fibre of a paper mulberry tree

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sheet forming; papermaking

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portrait; likeness; picture

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ceremony; celebration; law code

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Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

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Asano

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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ninety; 90

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other; another; over; more than; I; me

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-years-old

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marquis; lord; daimyo

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goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

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square; rectangular

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paper treated with astringent persimmon juice

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family crest

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straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

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birdcage

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oyster; oyster shell

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dried persimmons

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bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

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hairpiece; false hair; switch; (arch.) hair

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to emphasize; to attach importance to

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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more than anything; above all else

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