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Junzou

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Tomogorou

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fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)

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Seiri

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metric

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summer silkworms

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Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)

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private enterprise

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Shintatsu

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economic reform; fiscal reform

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silkworm-egg paper

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triangulation

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trade (foreign)

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egg-laying; spawning

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the old feudal government; shogunate

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silkworm growing-bed; rack of shelves for rearing silkworms; silkworm shelf; bunk; one of a tier of bunks; cramped bedroom

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carpenter's square (for checking angles); common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)

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Date Munenari

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postal service; post service

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Denzou

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Toshimichi

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Ichirōemon

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currency issued by a feudal clan

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to arrange; to manage (to find time)

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to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

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promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry

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spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill

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Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky

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delivery; dispatch; despatch; service of process

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Kenzaburou

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reel; spinner

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delivery of packages; postal service

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strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)

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Western ways; Western customs; Western habits

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(international) loan

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insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain

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stately mansion

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weights and measures

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domestic goods

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Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)

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Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics

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cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

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to enrich; to make wealthy

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letter; personal correspondence

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proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion

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Sunaga

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bright; shining; clear; evident

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Nizaemon

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

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Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)

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