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to let an opportunity slip

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to arrest; to apprehend

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trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

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movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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success; hit

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touch; contact

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Nizaemon

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

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Yuugorou

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phosphorescent light; mysterious lights on the sea; sea fire

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Abeshikibu

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revision

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thief; robber; burglar; bandit

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arson; incendiarism

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to smile

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work; job; labor; work

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together (with); at the same time; in a lump

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head

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clouds and fog

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to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

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to; towards; for

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Meiji Restoration (1868)

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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Hagi ware; Hagi pottery

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to love

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successive generations; successive emperors

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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in spite of; regardless of

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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moon over a mountain

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa

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secondary residence; vacation home; villa

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to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

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

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-years-old

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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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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