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Tokoronosuke

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Nakamura Kusatao (1901.7.24-1983.8.5)

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armored cruiser

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place of work

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alias; another name

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The Tragic History of Female Factory Workers (reportage by Wakizo Hosoi, 1925); The Pathetic Life of Mill Girls

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Komura Jutarou (1855-1911)

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last child

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arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

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epitaph; inscription on a tomb

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standard; common standard; standard rule; standard way of doing; established usage

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verselet

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(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

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(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

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love of antiquities

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naval review

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temple solicitation book

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house; building; roof

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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new style

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power of the state; national sovereignty; sovereign rights

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dispute; quarrel; strike

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persons who have fallen in battle

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army general

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anarchy; state of anarchy

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Houten

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mine pollution

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ambassador plenipotentiary

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cultural history

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dying of illness; dying of natural causes

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unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled

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civil rights

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ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family

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tenant farming

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Hibiya Park

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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the Japanese spirit

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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peace treaty

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Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese

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haiku poet

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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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deathbed

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one's native country; land of one's birth

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gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

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returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)

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one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

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shower; rainfall

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optimist; easy-going person

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villager; village folk; countryfolk

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