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Hirochika

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bogwood; bog oak; obscurity; fig

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festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)

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Putyatin

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very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous

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eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land

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Toshio

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to write to; to send word to; to hand over (official business)

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Choujuurou

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Totsuan

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to be well-timed; to be timely; to be opportune

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Ieyoshi

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The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty

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Hashimoto Sanai

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change of post

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Ichirōemon

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Umeki

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Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

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reporting to the Emperor

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policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)

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petition; memorial

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Nakane

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great joy

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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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Saemonnojou

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the n-th generation head of a family

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

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wise and great

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pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower

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to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise

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troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)

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revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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dissent; disagreement; disapproval; objection; refusal

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Kuze

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Naomasa

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noh play

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to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions

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person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person

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Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami

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sound health

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Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

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

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to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

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this and that; one thing or another; something or other; and whatnot; and the rest

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

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to decide; to determine

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to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself

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Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

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immediate follower (of the shogun)

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