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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

knowledge; information

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

3

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

3

in that way; thus; so; so?

7

Saga (city, prefecture)

1

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

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

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

adds force or indicates command

6

foreign country

3

return; coming back

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

3

shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal

6

100; hundred

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

7

counter for generations; epoch

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

6

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

1

immediate follower (of the shogun)

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

2

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

17

you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

1

be; is

2

doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition

3

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

3

speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)

3

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

7

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

16

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

12

then; well; so; be; is

32

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

9

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

4

feudal lord; daimyo

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

older sister; elder sister

2

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

21

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

13

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

1

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

1

time; labour; labor

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

3

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling

1

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1