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Taian

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Kawade

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Kiso horse (Japanese indigenous horse breed); kisouma

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arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)

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arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired)

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Mukuhara

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paragon of knighthood

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Itsu

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kitchen manager; chef; cook

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board of chamberlains

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examination; consideration; test; quiz

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Naoshige

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fusuma paper; paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)

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what number; rank?

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Haginaka

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leopard (horse coat pattern)

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all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)

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Samegai

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twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight)

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tricksters; deceivers; fey creatures; monsters; goblins

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bending

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one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name)

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small door which leads into a tea ceremony hut

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the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

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plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms

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leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword

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unhappy event (e.g. death); funeral

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unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye

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intercalary month (lunar calendar); leap month

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stagnation; hindrance; delay

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(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)

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double chin

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wife

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decayed leaves; russet; tawny; yellow-brown

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to relearn; to brush up

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entering the metropolitan area

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long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

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narrow; small; cramped

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trouble; bother

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burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)

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to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through

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nursing fatigue

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maternal grandfather

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imperial edict (written in a classical grandiose style)

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the last

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front room; parlor; parlour; living room

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Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region

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stretching; sidestroke (swimming)

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unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless

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early-morning attack

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