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Kouzan

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plenty of nothing; having absolutely nothing

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new household; new home

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oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)

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Toragorou

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Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo

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provincial theatrical performance

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(short) run; drive; ride; spin

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got it; roger; leave it to me

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Hisayoshi

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secret notebook

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ritual visits to a temple

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sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing

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ease and comfort

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a blooming cut flower; glorious death

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Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)

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braided hat

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to act young; to look young

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

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boorishness; coarseness; stupidity

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nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

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just the two of them

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

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prohibition; ban; suspension

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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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arrangements; preparations

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one's whole heart; everything one feels

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Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

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

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territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside

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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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rape; violation

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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to arrest; to capture; to seize

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woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

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girl; young (unmarried) woman

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Tokushima (city, prefecture)

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don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying

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pickpocket

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to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done

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previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

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something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)

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heaven; paradise

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tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you

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fortune; property

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surely

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son-in-law

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sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder

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needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog

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seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

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