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measurement; surveying

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rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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article; clause; stipulation

1

account book; ledger; register

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

2

survey; actual measurements

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shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

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how long; how far; how much

2

se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)

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measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid

3

inside measure

1

weights and measures

3

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

production output; number of goods manufactured

3

crop; income

3

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

5

grade; class; degree; magnitude

2

worn-out rice land

5

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

2

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

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rent paid by a tenant farmer

3

kickback

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to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

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to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

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one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

2

(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet

3

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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part-time farming

3

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

2

Yorioya

3

Yoriko

4

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

4

end; tip; extremities; terminal

3

busy farming season

1

mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

2

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

1

second son

1

standing army

3

dwelling together; living concentratedly

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fishermen

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service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)

3

employee; servant

2

compatibility; coexistence; standing together

1

hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society

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class system

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Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568-1595.8.20)

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occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

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