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study of foreign languages; linguistics

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so much; so; like that

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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your home; your family; their home; (my) home

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military system; military organization; military organisation

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instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching

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taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

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to cut into (a conversation); to interject

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is not; am not; are not

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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knowing; (an) acquaintance

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bow and arrow; weapon; arms

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well

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plait; braid

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100,000; hundred thousand

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counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product

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land near a castle; castle town

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Nagano (city, prefecture)

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city

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substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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thinker

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Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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house where one was born; one's parents' house

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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establishment; foundation

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Shinto shrine

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God; god; ace; king; superior person

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home area; home town; local

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(religious) faith; belief; creed

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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young person; youth; young

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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big; large; great

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

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science and technology; scientific technique

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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study; research; investigation

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telegraph

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experiment

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(photographic) camera

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