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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

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Shinto shrine

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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military commander

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bronze statue

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to be erected; to be built

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super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

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unnecessary; unneeded

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around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master

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one's birthplace

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boy

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

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vassal; retainer

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brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

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hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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home area; home town; local

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Ieyasu

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to look away; to avert one's eyes

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a throw; a fall

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

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in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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branch castle

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plait; braid

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Sanada Nobushige (1567-1615.6.3)

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general; popular; common; typical

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castle

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large army

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

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Gotou Matabee

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crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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Mouri Katsunaga

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

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young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff

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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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hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

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