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to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

6

salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

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Imperial Court

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intimacy; friendship

1

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

3

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

13

lord; master

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family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

3

Mitokoumon

1

model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

1

reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule

6

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

7

filial piety

5

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

3

the ancestral Sun Goddess

1

Emperor of Japan

14

Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

6

scholar

3

nine; 9

4

nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)

1

mental; spiritual; emotional

1

support; stay; prop

1

earthquake

5

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

37

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

3

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

5

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

6

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

3

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

7

man among men; man's man

1

Ryuu Hou (BCE 247-195)

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

11

to rise; to flourish

2

all China

1

sovereign; emperor; monarch

1

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

1

Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

3

at first; in the beginning; originally

5

Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

1

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

1

hoe

5

spade; plough; plow

3

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

13

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

7

to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept

1

moment; second; instant

1

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

1

second step; hesitation

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

3