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Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)

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three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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large fire

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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greatest ... in history

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(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

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

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conflagration; fire

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if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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summer

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to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

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town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

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on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

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scenery; scene; landscape

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be; is

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

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castle tower

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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castle

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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to be burned down

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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way; method; means; resource; course

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

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et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

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useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

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to occur; to happen

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