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return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

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Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

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Nagashige

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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Niwa Nagahide

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chief vassal; senior statesman

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Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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construction; establishment

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castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

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site of a bloody battle

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Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)

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to prosper; to flourish

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)

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district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

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Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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to chase away; to drive away; to drive out

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to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

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inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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going into battle; departure for the front

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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establishment (of a business); founding

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Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan

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restoration of imperial rule; (in English history) the Restoration

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to say; to be called; to do

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master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation

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win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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to come alive; to get going; to start to move

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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unique thing; best on earth

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

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