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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds

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never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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release (from prison)

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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

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to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

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to chastise; to punish; to discipline

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city

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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every year; yearly; annually

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)

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fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

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(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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to teach; to take a teaching job

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clan school; han school

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū

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running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

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splendid horse; promoted bishop

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(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

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match; game; bout; contest

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after that; afterwards; thereafter

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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boy

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to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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Gunma (prefecture)

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prefectural ordinance

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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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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education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

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to concentrate one's effort (on something)

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Shoukasonjuku

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successor

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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posterity; future life; life to come

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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every morning

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recitation; chant

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children; juvenile

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

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

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