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making paper umbrellas; overlaying an umbrella framework; paper umbrella maker

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Shoukasonjuku

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to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

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Inosuke

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prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals

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Chinese poem

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crossing the meridian

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feathers; plumage; down

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petition; memorial

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(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence

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to achieve one's desire

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transportation expenses; travel expenses; fare (train, taxi, etc.)

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dancing; dance

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plenty; many; a lot

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to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

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tea leaves

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unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very

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cannon

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raw silk thread

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overthrow of the shogunate

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to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

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Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron

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Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)

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I don't know

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how much

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caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

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misgovernment; misrule; bad government

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to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan

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to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with

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listening closely

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word; remark; statement

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to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)

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small bones

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to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting

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trend of the times; way things are going

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)

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huge; gargantuan

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position; job; employment; opening

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imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

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to buy back; to redeem

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a little bit; a little while

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need; want; necessity; costs; expenses

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