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being good; being virtuous; virtuous person

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Kisuke

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Battle of Anegawa (1570)

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Kyojou

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hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation

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according to ...; ... says

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head temple; this temple

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Yamato; Japan

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Soueki

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Tsutsui Junkei

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cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

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appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)

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to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

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heave-ho; hey!; you!

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Nobumori

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rebirth in paradise; peaceful death

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barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)

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to ask for (e.g. a fee); to charge (a price); to accept (e.g. orders); to receive

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bitter experience (ordeal)

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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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Asai Nagamasa

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tea-ceremony procedures

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woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)

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member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)

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oil dealer; oil merchant

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miraculous; wonderful

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founding a temple (on a hill-top)

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to cheer up; to be stirred up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

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introduction; meeting

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temple's head priest

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Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

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to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

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

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Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

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threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

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top secret

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site of a bloody battle

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master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes

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sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared

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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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smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it

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round well

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level; just; peaceful

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Toukichirō

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to raise an army

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pleased to make your acquaintance

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that matter; those matters

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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

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peace conference; peace negotiations

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