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maternal grandfather

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recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)

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fault-finding; carping

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prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

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engagement; betrothal; marriage contract

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bride; one's daughter-in-law

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triple alliance

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heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity

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vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money

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betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption

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snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism

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purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

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

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clouds and fog

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glutton

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under the sod; one's grave; the other world

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features; looks

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returning to the service of one's master

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had better do so

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nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences

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(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

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canter; gallop

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to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along

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making one's best exertions

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fiance; fiancee

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to be highly pleased

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap

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to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

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Shuzen

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to employ; to engage

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bump (e.g. on forehead); lump; protuberance; swelling

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eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

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stranger; tramp; wanderer

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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eternity; permanence; perpetuity

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fencer; swordsman

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itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō

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at your own discretion; as you see fit

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coochy-coo; hitchy-koo; kitchy-koo (tickling sound)

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member of shogun's council of elders

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this occasion; at this time; now

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this for sure; certainly is

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Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)

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sooner or later; in time; eventually

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a Buddha; deceased person

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good bye; I'm off; see you later

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Hamamatsu (city)

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suppression; repression; subjugation

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dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

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