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lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

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Nagara

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Gennosuke

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word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

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directly under; falling perpendicularly

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Shungaku

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Okinoerabushima

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ship's convoy

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Matsudaira Shungaku

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Kikaijima

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Shunsai

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Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

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feudal system of the shogunate and domains

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insufficiency; half ripe

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woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

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Kikujirou

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secret notebook

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feudal decree; edict by a daimyo

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Naosuke

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Gensuke

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having no special rank or title

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joint authorship

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indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower

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Kagoshima (city)

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tediously; lengthily; wordily

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Zeami

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knowledge applied to evil purposes

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imperial rescript

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growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

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father of one's country; father of the nation

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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Abe

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United Kingdom; England

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pacification; placating

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political affairs

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remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island

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penal colony

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imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

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summons; call

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old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word

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Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek

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Amami

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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receiver; recipient

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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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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huge woman; giantess

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to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden

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I assure you it is

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losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard

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