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

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Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)

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deserter

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successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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government-general

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Chichibu

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headquarters

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general affairs

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day and night; around the clock

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money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)

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Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

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scattered; separated; dispersed

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(one's) late father

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Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

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to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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undoubted; unmistakable; definite

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mother

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dismissal (from a position); discharge

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new government; new administration

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

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young lord or prince

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traditional; from ancient times; formerly

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rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

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imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government

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primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

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government forces; loyalist army

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construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy

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one's life

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destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

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should do; ought to do; must do

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to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

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Juurou

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disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

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central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

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transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover

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utmost limit; extremity; result

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(younger) sister

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good health

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silkworm (Bombyx mori)

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having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)

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important post; important office; key position

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allegiance; obedience; submission

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filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)

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(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)

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to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

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to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

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young nobleman

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new land; new world; new sphere of activity

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