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usual state of things

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Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

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Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

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activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex

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lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid

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to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

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enemy camp; enemy line

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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Ikeda Tsuneoki

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gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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loyal retainer; loyal subject

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mother

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(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

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training extra hard

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example; precedent; case

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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to improve one's skill

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Tachibana

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Dousetsu

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thousand years; very long period; forever

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

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military science; strategy; tactics

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

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to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

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release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

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demise

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thick curtain; drop curtain

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chief retainer; daimyo's minister

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days

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Masayasu

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employee; employment

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place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

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something like ...; something called ...

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very much; very many; more and more

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valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

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Atsumi Peninsula

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bay; gulf; inlet

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber

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to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

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front line; forefront

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