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noble undertaking; heroic deed

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praise; glorification; extolment

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carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief

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to decide; to determine; to judge

2

(a) few; some; several

8

unable to decline; hard to refuse

1

stating (one's views); expressing

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artist

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rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)

3

folding screen

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

5

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

4

wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

3

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

3

re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal

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Ooishi Yoshio

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feudal; feudalistic

11

Ogata Kourin (1658-1743)

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to live long; to survive

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to tell all; to give a full account

2

diagram; graph; schema

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savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

11

death by hanging; execution by hanging

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judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector

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Yuranosuke

3

to wait impatiently for

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dagger

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

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ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

8

outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise

1

dot; point; mark; gidayū musicians (in kabuki)

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

4

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

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to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

2

person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku; assistant; helper

2

sign; signal; cue

2

folding fan

1

to be sacked; to be dismissed

1

revenge

29

one party; one faction; one clique

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

3

interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

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Shinroku

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youthful ardor; rash impulse of an inexperienced youth

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fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

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Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

4

ten o'clock

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having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

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