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solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering

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reputation; public opinion

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

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Toyo (former province located in present-day Ōita and Fukuoka prefectures; later split into Buzen and Bungo provinces); affluent country; rich country

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projection

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Keisai

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reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

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civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

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journalistic; newsworthy

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civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

6

life; thread of life

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signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

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type of jōruri narrative performance

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earthworm

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painting or drawing technique

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Matsudaira Sadanobu (1758-1829)

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critical

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three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

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promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry

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Ienari

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one's real father; natural father; biological father

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Harusada

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powerful; strong

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clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

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trading capital

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vagrant; vagabond; tramp

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travel expenses

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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take up farming again

4

place to go; destination

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homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)

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islanders

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counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.

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gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)

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job (work) training (for the unskilled)

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operating expenses; budget

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to accumulate; to save

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seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent

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reserve fund; savings; deposit

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poor people; the poor

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town council

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stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)

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enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle

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working away from home

3

rapeseed; coleseed

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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

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(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage

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