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Kanesue

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superb; outstanding

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to marry off; to espouse to

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Ookurakyounotsubone

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Kyoutoshifushimiku

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incense

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Katagiri Katsumoto

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the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period

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Katsumoto

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tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

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mother-of-pearl

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

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Toyo (former province located in present-day Ōita and Fukuoka prefectures; later split into Buzen and Bungo provinces); affluent country; rich country

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prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius

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imperial proclamation

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intention; personal opinion

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to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate

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suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between

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to become pregnant

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mother

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conferral of honors (honours), according to merits

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Toshogu Shrine

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New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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loyalty; loyal (faithful) service

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Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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ronin; masterless samurai

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nevertheless; still; however; yet

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connection; relation

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intimacy; familiarity; closeness

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august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine

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girl; young (unmarried) woman

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to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err

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Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

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all; everyone; everybody; everything

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carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief

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child one is expecting; child in one's womb

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piercing (cold); biting (wind)

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot

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bringing up; raising

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to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy

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bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

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young lord; successor of one's current lord

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let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

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female delinquent

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contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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laughingstock; butt of ridicule

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

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