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three great nobles of the Restoration (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi); three statesmen who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration

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vase; vase for floral offerings

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Shoukasonjuku

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earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

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Kido Takayoshi (1833.8.11-1877.5.26)

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Ookubo Toshimichi (1830-1878)

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Umetarou

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indigo dye

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utility

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being imprisoned; being sent to prison

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artistic accomplishments

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life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances

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Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)

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to remember; to keep in mind

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trivial; trifling

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jailer; gaoler

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to ask the opinion of (a superior)

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military drill

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ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job

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to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive

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mother

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to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

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to pass; to go past

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to accumulate; to save

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worn-out rice land

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Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

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China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty

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to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious

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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

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to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

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side of well

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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non-drinker; someone who cannot drink

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nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

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moisture; humidity; dampness; scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch

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to need; to demand; to take; to require

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fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

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grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar

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private-school student

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Shuzen

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oil paper; oiled paper

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warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person

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to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

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(Satsuma) to be

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cost of a meal (or meals)

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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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ancient city; former capital

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busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant

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essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

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