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Katsuragichō

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to cut off

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following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)

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evening; early night hours

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you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping

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Ooinomikado

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pleasant to live in

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Yorimori

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Hikoma

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universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body)

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Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568-1595.8.20)

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Hideie

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to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn

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Sanada Masayuki (1547-1611.7.13)

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The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)

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daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)

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deposit; earnest money

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vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

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Kamon

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profuse sweat

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Kunlun mountains

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Masayuki

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low-rank person; menial

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territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside

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great victory; big win; huge profit; killing

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(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

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renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue

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check

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territory; fiefdom; feudal domain

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to play (a game of) go

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Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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instructor; tutor (to a prince)

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pardon; remission; amnesty

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to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time

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young warrior

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go stone; go piece

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expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility

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to peddle (goods); to hawk

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to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)

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sound of a button or switch being pressed

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within one's means

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India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot

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to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

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delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver

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Asano

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old man; mister

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miscreant; scoundrel; villain

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forte; strong point

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Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

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male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

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