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return; welcome home

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Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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split; division; break up

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government; administration

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

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should; must; -able; probably; likely

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to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

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from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

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Japan

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people; citizens; subjects; folk

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to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live

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face; looks; vestiges; trace

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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dance

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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foundation; basis

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castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

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riparian works; flood-control works

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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stone wall

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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castle tower; keep; donjon

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wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

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good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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position; location; base; point; site

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to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

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to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

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capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

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starvation tactics

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thorough; exhaustive; complete

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

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hill; knoll

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meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

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castle of a feudal lord

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

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to be intimate with; to befriend

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

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