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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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18; eighteen

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Tottori (city, prefecture)

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law department; law school

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low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

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certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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life insurance company

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responsible position

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

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light; lamp; counter for electric lights

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garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

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religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)

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moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

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male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

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settlement; permanent residency

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to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

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adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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hermitage; retreat

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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villager

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nursing; (army) nurse

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to pass away; to die

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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lung

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labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

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year of a person's death; one's age at death

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

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certain; definite

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rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

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to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

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remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

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company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

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Japanese literature

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complete works; complete collection; complete series

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tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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collection of haiku poems

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market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

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to be found

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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critical biography

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right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

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course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

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