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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous

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way of the sword; swordsmanship

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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rational; reasonable; logical

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guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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Tokyo

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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after that; afterwards; thereafter

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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to count; to enumerate

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counter for people

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thousands; several thousand

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to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

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

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metropolis; large city

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1,000,000; one million; million; many

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population; common talk

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at that time; in those days

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end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

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long trip

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one month

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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Kōchi (city, prefecture)

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the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

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to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

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at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

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this world; this life; world of the living

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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Japan

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halo; hello; hallo; harrow

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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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pitch black

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steam whistle

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further; above; anymore

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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foreign country

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congratulation; celebration

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inlet; seashore; beach

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