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immediate follower (of the shogun)

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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Katsuie

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sound health

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harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble

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(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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to stand side by side; to stand in a row

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townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

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samurai residence

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small; little; tiny

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to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

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east

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main office; this office

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groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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national crisis; national disaster

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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sudden death

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older brother; elder brother

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

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to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

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tea party; get-together; tea ceremony

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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counter for temples

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deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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passion; enthusiasm; zeal

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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school (e.g. of ikebana)

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addition to a building

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tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

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talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

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iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

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dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

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Umeki

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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bogwood; bog oak; obscurity; fig

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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