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Mishima Michitsune (1835.6.26-1888.10.23)

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unusual pattern; novel pattern

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hairdressing of a wrestler's top-knot

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honing

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end of transmission (radio, television, telephony, etc.); closure of transmission

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excellence; genius

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without optical correction (glasses, contact lens, etc.)

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Sumiyoshi

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Yojuurou

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The Tale of Genji (manga)

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Fujita Koshirou

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Totsuan

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palace visit

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braggart; big talker; bigmouth

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to send off; to dispatch

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Tosabori

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Saisuke

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remote mountain; mountain recesses

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enclosed bay; inlet; deep bay; basin

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Fujita Touko (1806-1855)

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Perli

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fire tower

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Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)

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to live a wicked life

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insufficiency; half ripe

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Shimazu Hisamitsu

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rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

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petition; memorial

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Hisamitsu

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Kyoto Imperial Palace

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personal attendant

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Kahee

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commoner; patriot; humble subject; late Edo period commoner opposition movement (mid-18th century to mid-19th century)

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Sugino

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wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

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Katamori

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instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher

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shogunate official

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aid; help; assistance; support

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

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daimyo's city storehouse

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revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

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reappointment

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Mt Tsukuba (in Ibaraki Pref.)

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fickle; having many romantic interests

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to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake

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knowledge applied to evil purposes

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vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary

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Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336.7.4)

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Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)

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