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farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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about; concerning; related to; -ish

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money; metal

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Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

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to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

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ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)

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queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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Gennosuke

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

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search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

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secret notebook

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strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

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overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

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bakufu; shogunate

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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height; elevated place

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even more; still more; further

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

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to hold a ceremony

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funeral service

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chief mourner

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

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establishment; foundation

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counter for temples

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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to die

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

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magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

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influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

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head house (family); birthplace; originator

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family

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