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steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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I; me

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

5

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

3

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

3

government; administration

3

abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)

1

decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

1

former feudal lord

1

governor of a feudal domain (1869-1871)

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

prefectural ordinance

1

every place; various places

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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Tokyo

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

2

be; is

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

3

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

new; fresh; novel

3

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

to subsist; to keep on living

5

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

2

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

2

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

2

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

1

however; but

2

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

1

determination; resolution

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

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maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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