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abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

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brightness; clearness

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rustic samurai; boorish samurai

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being excessively cautious; (lit.) knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it

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life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

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returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing

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directly under; falling perpendicularly

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iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow

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to be perturbed; to be agitated

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carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; bucket carried on either end of a pole

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

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to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

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river's course

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Glover

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seamanship; (the art of) navigation

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escape; withdrawal

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Iemochi

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

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two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

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(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you

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I don't like it; I hate it

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United Kingdom; England

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evil eye

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to shoot or fire off an arrow

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general trading company

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introduction; meeting

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to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule

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to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name

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

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to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

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plenty; many; a lot

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in a company; troupe

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lethal; fatal

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drinker; person who can hold their drink

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dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

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I assure you it is

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ogo (seaweed)

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overthrow of the shogunate

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flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel

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graciously

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rough sea; stormy sea

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to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

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to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err

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steamship; steamboat; steamer

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imperial decree; imperial edict

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negligence; carelessness

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what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother

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foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)

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official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

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