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Ukishima

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Asai Hisamasa

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Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency; NISA

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honor of seeing (a person); honour of seeing (a person)

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deadlock; stalemate

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to capture a fort

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one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada

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tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

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mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant

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Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant

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farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments

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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI

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exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly

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test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest

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the whole day; all the day

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all; everyone; everybody; everything

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Fukui prefecture (Hokuriku area)

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castle tower

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do ...

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raising an army

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sound of a gun; roar of cannon

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to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)

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knowing

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hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water

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to pitch camp; to set up camp

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hell on earth; living hell

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glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

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to destroy

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to fight with swords; to cross swords

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Fukui (city, prefecture)

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legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor

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after one's death

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(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

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to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

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war cry; roar

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to settle (a problem)

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life

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to be itching to put one's skills to use

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something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)

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reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy

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end of the earth

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to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun

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(mountain) ridge

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to serve; to do

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to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

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aim

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to glare at each other; to confront each other

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

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