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to cheat; to swindle; to deceive

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to talk through one's hat; to blow one's own horn

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braggart; big talker; bigmouth

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Matsudaira Sadanobu (1758-1829)

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Kuki

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Kansei Reforms (series of conservative government measures, 1787-1793 CE)

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Masae

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Matahachi

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Shougo

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someone who is coming

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lighter; (small) cargo vessel

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to be drowned at sea

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Juubee

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wicker trunk

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free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious

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Yashichi

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brigadier general; commodore

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Inari Shrine

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Orie

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intimacy; familiarity; closeness

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to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off

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Shin'ichirō

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Kanbee

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arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

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sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box

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smuggling

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging

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to miss; to yearn for

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Yoshimune

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aim; goal; prospect; outlook

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tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter

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inari and maki sushi served together

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Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)

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nunnery; convent

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piddling; paltry

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daimyo's main Tokyo mansion

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Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge

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garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden

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father; Dad

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fire alarm; fire bell

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new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

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Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)

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temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down

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devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on

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Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty

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broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

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ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

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