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present post; current office; (an) incumbent

1

junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

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Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

8

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

1

commander; general; leader

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special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu

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trifling; little; few; slight

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the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)

1

newly appointed; inaugural

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young person

1

history of; experience of

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list; enumeration

1

main gate

2

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

1

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

4

Edo period (1603-1868)

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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(Edo-period) town magistrate

2

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

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protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

4

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

5

fate; destiny; predestination

1

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

8

years later

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still; as yet; as it has been

2

Imperial Court

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one large ...; a great ...

1

enemy nation

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minor role; small part

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

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arms; armament

2

performance of one's official duties

2

last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together

1

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

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in Kyoto or the capital

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martial law

1

iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; bonfire

1

iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; bonfire

1

pedestrian traffic

1

fresh leaves

1

(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

1

book (esp. Confucian classics and historical records); history of books; history of calligraphy

1

assessment; rating; grade; evaluation

4

gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

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defense; defence; guard; policing; security

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audience (with a person of high standing)

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