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Yamaoka Tetsutarou

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Arisugawanomiya

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Katsuyasu

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Enomoto Takeaki (1836.10.5-1908.10.27)

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Kanrinmaru

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Ninomiya Sontoku (1787-1856)

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misery; distress

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Hikawa Shrine

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Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky

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enshrining together

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river's course

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timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

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Kumagorou

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Nizaemon

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to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops

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the whole nation; all the people in the land

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Hanjirou

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

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Inari Shrine

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Dutch (language)

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)

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Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)

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Shingo

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to be quick-witted; to be resourceful

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agricultural administration

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United Kingdom; England

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evil eye

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badness; evilness; bad; evil

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evacuation; surrender

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Roche; Roches; Roesch; Roshch

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visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

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strategist

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Kogorou

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Armstrong

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nobleman's illegitimate child

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to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

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Gatling gun

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Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku

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guns; firearms

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wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

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mutation; change; vicissitude

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Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge

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the other day; some time ago; recently

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arms and ammunition; weapons and ammunition

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shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal

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Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)

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various fiefdoms; various domains

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all; everyone; everybody; everything

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to save face; to keep face; to not lose face

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