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Chuubee

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next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor

2

creation; formation; foundation; establishment

1

court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

1

paulownia crest

1

Date Munenari

1

Uemon

1

working as a lady's maid

8

interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter

1

feudal decree; edict by a daimyo

1

Inosuke

1

Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)

3

Genzui

3

noble's private quarters

3

to swing back

1

domain administrative headquarters (early Meiji)

1

kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)

2

Matazaemon

1

middle age

1

pistol; revolver

1

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1

Hachibee

1

attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)

1

women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)

3

barony of the first degree; influential feudal clan

1

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

sunrise

2

trade port

1

sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence

1

(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman

11

barbarians; aliens

3

young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you

3

(practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving

1

subjugation; conquest

1

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

1

to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

1

to rise

1

cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics

1

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

1

enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government

2

naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata

1

further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more

1

counter for countries

2

small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap

1

there; that place

1

imperial decree; imperial edict

1

negligence; carelessness

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof

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