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going down smoothly (esp. of beer); tasting good going down

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clearing (land); excavating

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droopy (e.g. of skin); drooping

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Kyounosuke

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steak tartare

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gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors

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field ration (Sengoku period)

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bruschetta

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pea (Pisum sativum); green pea

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cuisine

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Kichou

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dried boiled rice

2

coming to a castle; visiting a castle

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aggression; invasion; raid

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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Nobutomo

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sparsely eating; having a small appetite

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feeling of food or drink going down one's throat

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protein; egg white; albumen; albumin

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tartar; tartare

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as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain

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buckwheat flour

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things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

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to feel hungry; to get hungry

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Tokugawa

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to oil (e.g. a frying pan); to grease

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to support; to back up; to side with; to cover one's exposed shoulder again

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equestrian tribe; equestrian people

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Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

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gift; present

2

main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish

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Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

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to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)

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increasing pressure

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white sauce; béchamel sauce

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pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked

2

to obstruct one's way

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nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment

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venison; deer meat

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to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

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flying column; detached force

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(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

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Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)

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Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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swift current; rapids

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to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

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dispute; argument; contention

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to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

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to leave

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beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

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