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Yasumochi

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Inosuke

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ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries; horse led by a rope

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indecent; shameful; unsightly; pathetic

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist; older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

1

blow striking with the flat of the sword; to slap; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid; type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers

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building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground

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engagement; betrothal; marriage contract

1

Naosuke

1

cold-water ablutions

1

Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

1

having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)

1

believer; follower

2

ornate hairpin

1

Samanosuke

6

(an) only child

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)

1

to discover; to find

1

kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

young priest; scamp

1

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

1

existential threat; life-or-death crisis

1

Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)

1

remains; corpse; (dead) body

1

death in battle; death on the battlefield

1

temples and shrines

1

son; punk; brat; penis

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something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle

1

to live long; to survive

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Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

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Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

4

lucky fellow

1

beloved child; dear child

1

just; fair; proper; reasonable

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Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

3

command; order

1

blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

1

Thailand

1

to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced

1

contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

1

remote mountain; mountain recesses

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oversight; omission

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eternity; permanence; perpetuity

2

one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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in camp; at the front

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three people

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outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious

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