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Kiyomasa

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lower left (corner)

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Hashiba Hidenaga

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Magoshichirō

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Magozaemon

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Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568-1595.8.20)

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ought to (verb); should (verb)

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useless; in vain

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Katsumoto

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Kanetsugu

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Terasaka

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one's son; you little bastard; you little brat

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rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting

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determination; decision

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Oichi

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loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar

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about here; in this neighborhood

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Nagamasa

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Nobushige

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Yoshitsugu

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one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada

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falconry

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land survey; cadastral survey

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experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught

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mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant

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Masayuki

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(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary

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storeroom (attached to a house); Imperial warehouse

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to do in earnest; to concentrate on; to apply one's mind to

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assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)

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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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changing one's clothes; a change of clothes

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

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master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes

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extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

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ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government

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correct; proper; formal; invertible (matrix); holomorphic

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check (pattern); ichimatsu doll

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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(person in) control

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picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty

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imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

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to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)

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Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)

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living witness

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one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

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to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence

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holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own

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