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fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

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

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)

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Ōtsu (city in Shiga)

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city

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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

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clear; pure; noble

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to meet; to greet

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seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

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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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Hachiya

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Yoritaka

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

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preliminary test or trial; tryout

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blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

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win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

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to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

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spring water; clear (pure) water

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temple (Buddhist)

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

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to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

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surrender (fall) of a castle

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nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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departure; leaving; going away; recession

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Shinowara Nagafusa

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unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

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entry into a castle (by a conquering force)

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violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

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overwhelming

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hostage

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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Matsunaga Hisahide

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highest grade; top class

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tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

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an old woman's gray hair; old woman with white hair

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to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede

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few days

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circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

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under control (e.g. of territory)

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steady advance; carrying all before one

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surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

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fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

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