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ancestor

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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

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to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

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they; them

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Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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connection; link; relationship

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provincial samurai

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potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

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probability; likelihood; chances

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savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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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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closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

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marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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great swordsman; master fencer

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acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

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manifestation

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temporary

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acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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now; nowadays

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to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine

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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish

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since some time or another; since who-knows-when

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

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to swim

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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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opinion; idea

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

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to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep

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negative; minus

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to kill

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secret; private; surreptitious

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strongest

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to blaze up; to burn up

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(public) peace; stability; tranquillity

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heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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rice field

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main shrine; inner sanctuary

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profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

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