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Kameokahachimanguu

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trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

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Keiju

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I wish to state respectfully that...

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Wada Koremasa

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traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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Lake Biwa

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Konoe Sakihisa

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Japanese green gentian (Swertia japonica); alderfly (esp. species Sialis japonica); alder fly

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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to raise (hoist) a flag; to raise an army; to start a new business

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but; however

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since our last meeting; since we parted

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(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

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nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

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official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines

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lineage of eldest son

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last day of the month

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imperial proclamation

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overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated

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mother

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Fujitaka

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for the time to be ripe

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to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close

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monk; priest; boy

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Buddhism; priesthood

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the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

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virtuous; respectable

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Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)

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to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden

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inheritance dispute; succession dispute

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of no concern at all; no skin off my nose

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on what business

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vacant post; vacancy; post in name only

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level; just; peaceful

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exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly

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ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)

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commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

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(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

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return to secular life; secularization; secularisation

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counter for things inside a bag

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temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

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biological younger brother

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Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)

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especially; above all; particularly; among other things

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youngest brother; last disciple

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to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)

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condolence; condolences

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important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility

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to ask the way

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