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political organisation

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(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

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Confucian scholar; Confucianist

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to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

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when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

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selfless (pious, righteous) man

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loyal retainer

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Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

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Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

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Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate

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archery and horsemanship

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loyal retainer; loyal subject

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Yoritomo

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good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants

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favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

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if it is (the case that ...)

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friend; companion

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

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advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

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friendly feelings; fellowship

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to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

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Takauji

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disobeying the emperor's order

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pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

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Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

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dead letter

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regent to the shogunate

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Tokiyori

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master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

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right and wrong

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must not (do); should not; do not; cannot

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to command; to order

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other

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holding one's ground; defending local authority

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to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)

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adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

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life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

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to do together; to share; to participate in

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thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

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selfishness

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scheme; stratagem; ploy

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evil design; crafty plan; plot

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hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person

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child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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