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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

6

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

90

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

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general; shogun

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Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

2

once a year

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

150

daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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various countries; various regions; various provinces

2

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

2

public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

2

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

65

pressure; oppression; suppression

1

to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...

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hence; for that reason

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simplification

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to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

2

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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be; is

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safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

80

fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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family positioned to accede to the shogunate

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to; towards; for

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

1

disloyalty; infidelity

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suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

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father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

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to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto

2

house; family

2

conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

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this time; now

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ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

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Soujuurou

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disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!

1

be; is; isn't it?

19

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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apology; excuse

1