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Souzenji

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Ookubo Tadachika

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Ookurakyounotsubone

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pious; devout

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to gain fame; to make one's name

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congratulations

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to be blunt; to be curt

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Garasha

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seal; stamp

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pump priming; cause; impetus; spark

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Mouri Terumoto

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Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)

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western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)

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will; dying instructions

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Uesugi Kagekatsu

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daimyo's mansion

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rule over the whole country

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passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)

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some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden

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territory; fiefdom; feudal domain

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(another person's) younger sister

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Tadakatsu

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one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

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favour; favor; patronage

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the other day; some time ago; recently

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to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy

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Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

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not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

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plan; strategy

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early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian

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to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against

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God

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(Edo-period) chief minister

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loyalty; allegiance; fidelity

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please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)

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our side; we

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other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

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raising an army

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current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence

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(elder) sister

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

3

young lord; successor of one's current lord

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Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

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one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

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shout

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taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

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higher-order-; meta-

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accident; emergency; calamity

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castle tower; keep; donjon

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death in battle; death on the battlefield

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