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one's own handwriting; autograph

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bond; deed; contract

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(taking) notes; copying

3

as if; as though

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republication; reissue; reprinting; reproduction

1

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

1

non-official history; privately composed history

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Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

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Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)

2

China

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instar (developmental stage of arthropods); age; years

4

that is to say; so that means

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wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token

1

odds and ends; all; every

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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Tohoku University

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book title

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another mountain; another temple

1

preface; foreword; introduction

1

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

1

twelfth lunar month; 12th month of the lunar calendar

2

Metal Snake (18th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

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Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

4

Asanotakuminokami

1

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

1

darkness

1

itchy

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counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)

1

talk; conversation; dialogue

1

main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith

1

implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment

1

Yoritomo

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false charge; slander; defamation

2

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

1

to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

2

Chuusonji

1

third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

1

chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter

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to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

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letting (someone) die without helping

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wind blowing down, coming over a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left

1

looks; personal appearance; features

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similar people

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substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

old name; former title

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to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

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