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the New Year begins; the New Year starts

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

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young lord; successor of one's current lord

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

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to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

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wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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older brother

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hostage

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to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

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indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

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to subsist; to keep on living

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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to win; to gain victory

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

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that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

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anything and everything; just about everything

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

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if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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existential threat; life-or-death crisis

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high; high school

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hills and fields; hill and dale

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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peace conference; peace negotiations

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ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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patronage; protection

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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history

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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

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