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silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner

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Yagyuu Tajima no Kami Munenori (1572-1646)

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Shimeta

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English book; book written in English

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Amakusa Shirou Tokisada (1621-1638)

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Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); punctilious etiquette; Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, incl. horseback archery); Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)

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trouble with women

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relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship

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Teizou

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imperial order; imperial will

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Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

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Kiuemon

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private secretary; amanuensis

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(short-term) leave allowed a servant

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policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)

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Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)

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visiting one's constituency; (arch.) feudal lord's return to his estate

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to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

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laziness; indolence; misfeasance; nonfeasance; kausidya

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day-by-day renewal; rapid progress

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perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

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beginning of the year

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short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment

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Yagyuujuubee

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clan school; han school

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one's second wife

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to bundle; to tie up

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the emperor's pleasure

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sun shower; sudden rain from a blue sky

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exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly

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revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

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festival float mounted with a decorative halberd

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needlework; sewing; seamstress

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setting on fire; setting afire

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villain

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national policy

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Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)

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please (do for me)

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to divide (by); to remove; to exclude

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Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)

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each clan

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National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member

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withdrawal

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measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid

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Saku

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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Kanbee

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Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

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prince; princess

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old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded

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