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Sakakibara Seiji

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Nakahara Hisao

1

pleasant to live in

1

Shinsuke

2

sword prohibition

1

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

1

Henmi

3

Toratarou

1

Shunsai

1

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

3

Kikujirou

7

sword hunt; sword confiscation

1

river's course

7

Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)

1

Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)

2

the present

2

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

1

Kumakichi

4

ninth month of the lunar calendar; September

1

knowledge applied to evil purposes

2

Hanjirou

2

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

6

father of one's country; father of the nation

2

by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately

1

exemplar; model; example; pattern

5

unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

1

garrison (in Meiji era)

1

Shingo

1

healing; cure; recovery

1

never ceasing; never ending

1

each prefecture; all prefectures

1

America; American; fist

1

nation building

1

my husband; one's family; family member

1

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training

1

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

1

the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state

1

wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of

1

particularly; especially; indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used

1

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

6

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

1

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

7

sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising

1

Shinpachi

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

military drill; training

1

rebel army

1

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

traitor; rebel

1