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salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso

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Princess Sen (1597-1666); Senhime

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pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake

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Hidetada

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Ichizaemon

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kakari geiko; training performed by an attacker and a defender

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in and about a kitchen; family circumstances

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edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy

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Jiemon

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kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior

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written report

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Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

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sense of nostalgia

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wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking

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adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife

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burning low; waning; declining

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trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

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(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary

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distress; anguish; mental suffering

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to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

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territory; fiefdom; feudal domain

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vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

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killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends

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ronin; masterless samurai

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(in spite of) being old enough to know better

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going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing

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parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children

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the shogunate

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favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured

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to pinch and crush; to pinch out

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age (esp. advanced)

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to disclose a secret

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Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

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lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

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one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)

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one month

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Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

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Kenshin

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to employ; to engage

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I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

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wedding ceremony

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to finish writing

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trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation

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impudent; cheeky

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leading figure; influential figure; mogul

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annual tribute; land tax

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to gain fame; to make one's name

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rice ball

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