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congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful

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extremely delighted

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to know (a person); to think

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to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

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extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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to beat; to gain a point; to upset

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to ascertain; to check; to make sure

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anything; whatever; whatever one likes

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

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dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

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great war; great battle; world war

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

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conferral of honors (honours), according to merits

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if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

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west

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to; towards; for

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to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

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forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

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one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

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intimacy; familiarity; closeness

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person

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

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south

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)

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Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

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Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

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east

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point

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altogether; entirely

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

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huh!; oh; wow; I see

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