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Tadanaga

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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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same age

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Emperor Go-Mizu-no-O; Go-Mizu-no-O Tenno (1596-1680 CE, reigning: 1611-1629 CE)

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May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

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imperial bridal party's entry into the court

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choosing a wife

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incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

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to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

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Hoshina Masayuki

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inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

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race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku

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that sort of; like that

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borderline; boundary

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to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

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slightly heavy; a little heavy

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extreme; extremity

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to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires

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to exchange words

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hesitation; indecision; vacillation

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate

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way of calling

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

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staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

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good boy; good girl

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inspection tour

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loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)

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pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

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bygones; the past; past event

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

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before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

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Masamitsu

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noble; lofty

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who the heck; just who

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Hoshina

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illegitimate child; secret love child

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

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to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart

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to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

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spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

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have to do; must; should; ought to

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to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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Tottori (city, prefecture)

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Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

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reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

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