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name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

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only; nothing but

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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history of Japan; Japanese history

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lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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entrance examination

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measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

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taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

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borrowed thing

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

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Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

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centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

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effect; efficacy; validity; potency

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nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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religious; spiritual

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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disregarding; ignoring

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rational; reasonable; logical

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rationality; reasonableness

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

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setting on fire; setting afire

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar

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follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer

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cutting roots; extermination; rooting out

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Nobunaga

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if; in case; supposing

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looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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slaughter; massacre

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to be remembered; to go down in history

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severe; fierce; stern

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unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

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each house; every house; many houses

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villager

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several tens

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double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

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victim

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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there is nothing

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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methodology

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non-combatant; civilian

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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