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Kuma

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Kumagawa

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Unokichi

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Sanada Nobutada (1547-1632.6.21)

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Odaurakusai

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dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)

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Katsumoto

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Yozaemon

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Jinnai

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noble's private quarters

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fool; blockhead

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hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

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Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

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tea grinding mortar (hand mill)

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abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber

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Magoroku

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

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Toranosuke

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branch castle

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to feel depressed

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failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity

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check (pattern); ichimatsu doll

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empty threat; bluff; paper tiger

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Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)

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meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

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double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)

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having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

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to wave a flag; to show the way

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to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

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not having long to live

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sound of a gun; roar of cannon

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it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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glorious achievement; distinguished service

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Kōchi (city, prefecture)

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pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

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command; order

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whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing

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to carry through; to achieve; to complete

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to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night

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son; punk; brat; penis

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thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

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at your own discretion; as you see fit

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seven (long cylindrical things)

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

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war cry; roar

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next move

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all-night vigil over a body; wake

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