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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

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production; manufacture

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edged tool; cutlery

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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to prosper; to flourish

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international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade

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to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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to sit in a row; to be arrayed

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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(your, his, her) daughter

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Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)

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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

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great king

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to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

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Korea

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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prologue; preface

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tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

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even more; still more; further

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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to cast a shadow

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big; large; great

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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cry; crying voice

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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after all; because; but; even; too; as well

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to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

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near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

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to end one's life; to end one's days; to die

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short; brief

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months (period of)

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early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

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fifth day of the month; five days

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

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to manage a state; to govern a country

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on the way; someday

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to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

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lady; nobleman's wife

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Toukichirō

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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