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enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)

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generations; ages; years

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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(religious) denomination; sect

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

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fortress; stronghold; citadel

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cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

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everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn

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point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark

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jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

2

compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

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tide; current; sea water; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in sea water; dish of unboned whitefish boiled in salted water

2

reinforcement

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

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chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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imperial command; royal command

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last year

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(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

2

straight; direct

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to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)

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veteran; reservist; ex-soldier

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garrison (in Meiji era)

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all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)

2

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

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important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition

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archer; bowman

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successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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distant; remote; isolated

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multi-

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Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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Miyagi (prefecture)

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)

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Iwakiri Station

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2.44 miles

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Sendai (city in Miyagi)

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

4

salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

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Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)

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(period of) a year; during the era (of)

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stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

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rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

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mileage; distance

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one-way (trip); one-way ticket

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country; Japan

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to bow; to worship; to receive; to see

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half-moon; half a month; semicircle

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