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since; this person

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member of an entourage or retinue or party; attendant

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domestic duck

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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

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they; them

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tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

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Manchu person; Manchu people; Manchurian

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distrust; suspicion

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

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after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

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severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

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prologue; preface

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two years later; year after next

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Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

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Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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holy war; crusade

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successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through

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goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

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regulation; control

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rationing; rationing system

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together; mutually; fellow

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food; food products; foodstuffs

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target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

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distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

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people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

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in the same way as; just like

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citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

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to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

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to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

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(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure

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unprecedented; never seen before

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difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

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dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

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lately; recently

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four-legged tray for festive food

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

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one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth

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darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

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overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

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simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish

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military authorities; army circles

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going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

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company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

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to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability

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official residence

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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