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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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this evening; tonight

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hereabouts; around here

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to come back

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to remain; to be left

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

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soul; spirit

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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zest for living; energy to live

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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order (for an item); request; demand; condition

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

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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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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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rice field

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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what is called; what they call; so-called

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outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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daimyo's main Tokyo mansion

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to face; to go towards; to head towards

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attack; charge; raid

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ronin; lordless samurai

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counter for people

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

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Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)

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Atago Shrine

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

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massing (of troops); gathering

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

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winning a war; victory

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prayer (for something); supplication

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to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

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to sustain a serious wound

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self-determination; suicide

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participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

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(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

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quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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