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Sanjou Kimiyori

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forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

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rear vassal; daimyo's retainer

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Matsunaga Hisahide

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Hisahide

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rice tax (ritsuryo system); rice levy; tax on rice fields; annual tribute; annual tax

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silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

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collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy

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right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

5

large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive

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autonomy; right of self-government

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

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

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inlet; seashore; beach

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to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

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fisherman

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settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

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pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; pioneer; founder; originator

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riches; wealth; resources; lottery

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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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shed; barn; outhouse

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fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

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fish wholesaler

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Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)

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trade (foreign)

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secretary (government); director; chief

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(social) position; status

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wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages

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golden age

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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

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trading vessel

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distinction; differentiation; classification

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checking and verifying

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charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu

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to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

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moderately wealthy person

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investment; contribution; financing

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to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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Korea

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trade; commerce

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huge profit

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rich; wealthy

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

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Japan

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