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tight budget

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Sentarou

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newspaper

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Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)

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Kaiyoumaru

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feast for one's eyes; sight as pleasing as the New Year

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Konponchuudou

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to cheer (someone) up

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Tayasu

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petition; memorial

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official document; archives

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river's course

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doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

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to clear one's name

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now; recently; this time

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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dyer

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Cape of Good Hope

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excellent; splendid; very good

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going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

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debt; loan

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Roche; Roches; Roesch; Roshch

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reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule

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subjugation; conquest

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thank you very much

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the Japanese spirit

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cutting of hair (to a short length); haircutting; bobbed hair; bob

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Hoshina

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Ueno Park

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Heihachirou

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dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere

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no; no; without; not needed

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bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

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returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)

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various places; several sources

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good day; good morning

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world fair; international exposition

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tracking down and killing; punitive expedition

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to be ordered (to do)

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graciously

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information; news; intelligence

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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crumpled; wrinkled

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lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

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imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark

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thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

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day and night; around the clock

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judo; jujutsu

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