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Kisuke

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cormorant fisherman

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mountains

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Saitou Tatsuoki (1548-1573.10.5)

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monk

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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not getting a reply

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town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community

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Saitoudousan

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to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine

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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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Fujitaka

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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earthly paradise; heaven on earth

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follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer

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to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

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father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

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residence; mansion; estate; dwelling

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Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)

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saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate

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Tsuruga

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lower floor

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vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

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courtier

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instructor; tutor (to a prince)

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development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation

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Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)

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to consult a doctor

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territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

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level; just; peaceful

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exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly

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cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman

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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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squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse

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tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded

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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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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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various matters; everything

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re-erection; rebuilding

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medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State

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association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise

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teakettle (tea ceremony)

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pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)

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Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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to be highly pleased

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important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility

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