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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

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fishing harbour; fishing harbor

1

head of fisherman's group or union

1

influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings

1

to lavish money on

1

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

5

fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

4

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

2

teacher (classroom)

2

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

2

to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

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to acquire knowledge

2

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

temple (Buddhist)

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(family) death register

1

family register; census

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

7

war; fighting; fierce competition

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to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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one thin flat object; one sheet

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(one's parents') home

4

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

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living witness

2

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

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Tokyo

4

Ieyasu

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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Japan

3

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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descendant; posterity; offspring

2

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

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