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Shigehisa

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Eishirou

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Kousuke

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Toranosuke

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graciously

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steaming basket (traditionally clay or wood); steaming vat (for steaming rice in sake production)

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Shoujirou

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geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts

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waxing and waning; phases of moon

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playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes

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camphor

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member

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movie; film

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katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito

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dancing; dance

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

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union

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Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami

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whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

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opinion in writing; written opinion; argument

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climbing to the summit; summiting

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various fiefdoms; various domains

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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sacred mountain

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head of an army

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armor and helmet (armour)

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mountain top; summit; peak

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raging storm

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pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

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Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)

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mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)

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open sea

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)

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modernization; modernisation

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tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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doorbell

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feudal lord; daimyo

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

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to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

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line of battle

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to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

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legend; tradition

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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early

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war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds

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