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Asahikoshinnou

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Unokichi

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Takashima Shuuhan (1798-1866)

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company (i.e. business); company (i.e. group of friends)

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Erard

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Ichitarou

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Ichirōemon

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accession (to the throne)

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Mukaiyama

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Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident

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offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice

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Nihonbudoukan

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three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

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interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter

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going to Europe; trip to Europe

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young emperor

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treasured; cherished

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Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)

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teachings left by a deceased person; last instructions

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advance payment

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world fair; international exposition

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Sakutarou

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worldly affairs; everyday affairs; common cares; routine work; daily chores

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

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prime of womanhood

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because; the reason why is

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Iemochi

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Prussia

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small amount; bit; smidgen

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Gen'ichirō

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national prestige

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privation suffering

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Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)

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United Kingdom; England

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maid of honor; maid of honour

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Roche; Roches; Roesch; Roshch

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barbarians; aliens

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ladder form of "high" kanji

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subjugation; conquest

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restoration of imperial rule; (in English history) the Restoration

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Go Daigo

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Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

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to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions

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to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away

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betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy

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permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)

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hairdresser; hairdressing

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Ardisia crenata; coralberry

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raw silk thread

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Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)

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