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Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)

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third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo

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to spy out; to smell out

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

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life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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travel; trip; journey

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evening; night; dinner

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was; were

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rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

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reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

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Gennosuke

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

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entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

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Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

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secret; private; surreptitious

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search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

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secret notebook

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strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

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overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

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bakufu; shogunate

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to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

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tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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to become; to amount to

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feudal retainer or warrior

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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epitaph; inscription on a tombstone

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to build; to construct

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tombstone; gravestone

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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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private funds; own funds; private property

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crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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gravesite; tomb

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to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

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counter for temples

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god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

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connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

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to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

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development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

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