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Shigeki

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extinct family

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to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on

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tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

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indigo dye

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plover

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broadsword; sword

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

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advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later

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Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)

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to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

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provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

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to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

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connections; contacts; influence

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ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

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having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered

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cunning man; crook

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hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman

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to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

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yield; crop; production; volume; piecework

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the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one

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to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon

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transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

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hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death

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to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

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one's last moments; hour of death

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let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

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to steal or sneak or slip into

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shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio

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temporarily; short period; once; one morning

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to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

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seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

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possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

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as you please; in any way you like; as you wish

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to continue (walking)

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to hasten one's death

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foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

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miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

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to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to

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Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)

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deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)

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whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing

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flesh and bones

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to cut down; to chop down; to fell

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to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

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spite; resentment

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hearsay; rumor; grapevine

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chivalrous spirit; chivalry

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this for sure; certainly is

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

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