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one's later years; final years (in life)

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to concentrate one's effort (on something)

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

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graduate; alumnus

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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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earnest; single-minded

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

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eternal sleep; death

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one's age at death

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will; testament; last request

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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property; fortune; means; assets

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old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

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feudal lord; daimyo

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presentation (e.g. of a gift, etc.)

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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was

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however; but

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always; constantly

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Akita (city, prefecture)

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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hermit; wizard; wizardry

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right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

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magistrate; shogunate administrator

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be; is

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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(imperial) reign; period

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bond; deed; contract

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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knowing

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used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)

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lighter; (small) cargo vessel

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wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

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Narumi

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Manzou

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to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

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

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