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Nakaizumi

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Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

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Seikan'innomiya

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Mimi

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letter of invitation

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dry moat

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the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

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royal or imperial domain

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Saisuke

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Shungaku

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Toshimichi

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Mukaiyama

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Iseya

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Abeshikibu

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making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

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to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

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inquiry; enquiry

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to lose a quarrel; to lose an argument; to be talked down

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an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles

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making a living copying or writing

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arson; incendiarism

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irritating; annoying; nosy

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Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)

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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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coastal defense; coastal defence

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treasured; cherished

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naval academy

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Katsusaburou

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Nizaemon

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to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

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life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened

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China; Chinese

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dyer

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personal meeting (esp. used by females)

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Parkes (Australia); Parks; Parkus

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to plot against

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convention; tired tradition; old custom

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country samurai

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leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

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America; American; fist

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nation building

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place of study; school

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official duties; office; function

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bowel movement; evacuation; understanding

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immediate follower (of the shogun)

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Armstrong

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status of samurai

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to be blessed with children

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