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separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)

1

unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question

1

drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation

1

inattention; absent-mindedness

1

busy farming season

3

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

2

nothing but; none other than

2

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

20

feelings; thoughts; meaning

4

to state; to express; to mention

4

physical condition; state of health

2

to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

2

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

9

remarkable; striking; obvious

2

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

twentieth day of the month; twenty days

2

entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

3

commitment; pledge; promise

1

return to one's country

6

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

5

Emperor of Japan

1

(imperial) edict

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

7

at that time; in those days

13

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

2

naming; giving a name; designation; nominal

1

name change

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

3

Imai

5

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

10

being extremely busy; being swamped with work

2

imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

3

palace visit

1

Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

7

15; fifteen

5

birth; creation; formation

2

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

2

to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)

1

personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR

7

Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

5

Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

1

Italy

1

red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

2

Tadachika

1

pond

7

Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

1

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

1

inlet; bay

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2