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Amidagamine

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the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

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Denshichi

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Hideaki

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Katsumoto

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the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

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to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations

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Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)

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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)

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Nobushige

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ninja

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Yoshitsugu

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comfortable retirement

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to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close

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Masayuki

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written seal; stylized signature

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Heihachirou

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

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Sakichi

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Tadakatsu

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shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience

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all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

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chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres

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Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)

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medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State

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Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)

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historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives

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to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)

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repeatedly; to a tremendous extent

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I don't know

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consultation; conference

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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I beg your pardon

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Asano

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of all people

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offence; offense; hindrance

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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one's age at death

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attendant

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taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

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Ministry of Finance

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leave it (to me)

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widow

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father-in-law

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postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.

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to add to; to insert

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why; how

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at your own discretion; as you see fit

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to finish writing

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