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Shinnosuke

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Gonza

3

gold leaf; beaten gold

1

private secretary; amanuensis

1

beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

1

river fishing

1

Heizaemon

5

heir; successor

1

to ask for (e.g. a fee); to charge (a price); to accept (e.g. orders); to receive

1

chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher

1

to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

the unthinkable

1

Miyano

1

spring tide

1

natural; inborn; inherent; innate

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svāhā; well said; so be it

8

box for holding papers or stationery

1

arrangements; preparations

1

large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan

1

young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period

2

to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)

1

swimming practice

1

to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour

1

heir; successor

1

to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal

1

to haunt to death; to possess and kill

3

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

1

tomorrow evening

1

to pass away; to die

1

flight; absconding

1

miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

2

to be blessed with children

1

in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)

1

one has no other choice but to do what one has to do

1

economical; bargain; good value; good-value

4

daily visit (of worship); frequent visit

1

the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing

2

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

evil thought; malicious motive

1

one effort; one action

1

immediate follower (of the shogun)

2

to be at a loss; to be in a corner

1

charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet

2

shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish

1

Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

2

premium

1

to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

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anime song

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lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

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