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reception

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Abe Ryuutarou

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acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery

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Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358.6.7)

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commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

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Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

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while; even though; despite

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

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advantage; benefit; profit; interest

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family positioned to accede to the shogunate

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steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

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high; high school

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Moronao

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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

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Takasada

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mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock

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means; way; measure

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planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

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impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

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bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)

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bedroom

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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to approach; to draw near

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dagger

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throat

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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further; above; anymore

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Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

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raising an army

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south

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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to order; to command; to appoint

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(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

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stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy

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to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

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terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

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Takauji

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so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

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vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

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