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murder case

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high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

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(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

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one second

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-th (e.g. one fifth)

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film

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exposure time

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second (unit of time); arc second

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several minutes; a few minutes

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Isacs; Issacs

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to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

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Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)

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last; final; end; conclusion; rust

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

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westernization; westernisation

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chance (of success); odds

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proud

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traditional; from ancient times; formerly

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Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

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romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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Confucianism

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arithmetic

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martial arts

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feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism

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warrior; samurai

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standard of conduct; code of behavior; moral code; culture (of an organization)

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additional information used to identify an address (e.g. building name, room number)

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assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

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annual tribute; land tax

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feudal lord; daimyo

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Shimazu Nariaki

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selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

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bakufu; shogunate

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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complication; confusion; disorder

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United States Navy

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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inlet; seashore; beach

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congratulation; celebration

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion

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to start slowly; to lag behind

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modernization; modernisation

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feudal; feudalistic

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