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with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new

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Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

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dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

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broom

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

5

lecture

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request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

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rare; uncommon

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popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

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Nobunaga

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excuse; explanation

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to provide; to arrange; to install

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the people; citizens; the populace

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bakufu; shogunate

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Eikyō era (1429.9.5-1441.2.17)

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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(period of) a year; during an era

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how; in what way; in what manner

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Ōnin War (1467-1477)

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Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

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incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

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civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

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(political) power; authority; influence

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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name of a mountain

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self; the ego

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out of control; out of hand; unmanageable

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personal struggle

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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self interest

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sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

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I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

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old style; ancient rites

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Shinto ritual

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seven times; many times; seventh (interval)

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government; administration

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entreaty; appeal; petition

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ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

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Imperial Court

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sincerity; good faith

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focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

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ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

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dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

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