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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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bridge

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Motozaimokuchō

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shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo

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thick book cover; book with thick binding

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

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ninety; 90

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clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record

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(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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in someone (else's) name

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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resale

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writing; book; (literary) work

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as following

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dictation; verbal statement

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(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto

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Kenkichi

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Yoshitoshi

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collection in one volume

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rose

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translation

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hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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A5; medium octavo; small octavo

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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talking politics; discussion of a law case

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

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things; affairs

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agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)

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republication; reissue; reprinting; reproduction

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Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar

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worldly affairs; ways of the world

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all; every; all kinds of

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ingenuity; resourcefulness

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artifice; intrigue

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cops; police

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wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

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sense; infer

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Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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peach (Prunus persica)

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(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part

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Kamakura (city)

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

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Bakin

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Aoto Fujitsuna

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wooden printing block

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edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)

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