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literally; to the letter; literal

2

someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)

1

rise and fall (of nations); destiny

1

rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

1

January; first month of the lunar calendar

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fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days

2

Tokyo City

2

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

5

agriculture and forestry

3

aquatic products; fisheries

1

bureau director; office chief

1

Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

4

Shizue

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

4

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

birth; creation; formation

3

administrative official; secretary; commissioner

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

3

being alive

1

Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

1

law department; law school

3

pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

2

Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)

1

prefectural governor

1

Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)

1

government office; agency; board

1

secretary (government); director; chief

1

successive jobs; consecutive jobs

1

department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

1

elite

1

family lineage

4

grandmother

2

young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period

1

Nagai

1

Genba

1

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

1

administration; governance; the authorities; authority

1

rule; reign; government; governing

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

2

blood vessel; blood relationship

1

to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

1

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

2

being clearheaded; having a keen (sharp, brilliant) mind

1

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

1

reasoning; logic; persuasion

1

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

5

criticism; critique

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