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integrity; moral courage; rigidity

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

4

clever; smart

1

being ...

2

Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)

1

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

5

retainer; retinue; servant

1

slaughter; massacre

3

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

2

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

1

Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)

1

two-seater (e.g. aircraft)

1

modern civilization; modern world

1

name; given name; first name

2

elder statesman

1

several (levels, floors)

1

head; brains; intellect; understanding

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

2

error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

1

to become clear; to be made public

1

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

2

old grudge

1

to cause to swell; to inflame

2

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

7

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

3

Tatsumono

1

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

20

loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist

1

work; business; company; study

1

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

2

Chinese poem

1

Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

1

great stature; large build

1

attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of

1

death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

1

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

3

revere heaven, love people

1

exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

2

famous; notorious; noted

1

agreement; coincidence; congeniality

1

opportunist

1

sly; cunning; crafty

2

conspiracy

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

feudal lord; daimyo

4

opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

4

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

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