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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

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millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

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indescribable

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bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

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fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

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to dry up completely; to become stale

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mummy

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wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

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section; cross section; profile

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oozing; damp; sodden

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fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

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dregs; lees; grounds; sediment

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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first generation; founder

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to appease; to suppress; to calm

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to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

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to break the silence; to break one's silence

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curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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to feel a chill run down one's spine

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weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

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to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

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to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush

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Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)

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later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

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chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres

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peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

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Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

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olden days; former

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

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at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

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the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect

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Kiso Yoshinaka

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tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

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presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady

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peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled

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(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

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battlefield; battleground

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to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself

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confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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to make sense

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going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

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