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public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

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fiction

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powerful family

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to escape

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

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the third

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cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

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sentient beings; humaneness; compassion

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to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

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corner; nook

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to have a long life; to live a long time

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

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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jingisukan; grilled mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill (used for jingisukan)

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free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade

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existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

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novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time

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gist; main point

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Takatsuna

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to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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Hei

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feudal lord

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Bun'ei era (1264.2.28-1275.4.25)

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year of a person's death; one's age at death

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year of one's birth; one's birth year

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civil administration; Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11)

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agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity

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this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

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powerful family; powerful clan

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genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

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the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

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public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

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equanimity; upeksa; upekkha

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crab

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bringing up; rearing; upbringing

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(imperial) reign; period

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check mark; tick mark

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being (somewhere); sitting

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wage; recompense

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young lord or prince

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Hite

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palace visit

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reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

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gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

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land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

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Takusari

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millstone; mortar

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