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secret; private; surreptitious

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meal; dinner; diet

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devoted; self-sacrificing

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

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after

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

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Kido Takayoshi (1833.8.11-1877.5.26)

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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nation building

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show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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raging stream; rapids

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to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

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though; notwithstanding; although

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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foundation stone; cornerstone

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pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

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(one) line; (one) row

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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left; left hand side

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high steward; grand master

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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assistance; support

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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commander; general; leader

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special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu

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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

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