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heavy additional tax(ation)

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long time; many years

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

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to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

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measure; step; action

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opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

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public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

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interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

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dispatch; despatch

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one year and a half

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to listen attentively to; to be lost in

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memory; sense; experience

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war; battle; match; game; competition

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status elevation; upgrading; promotion

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bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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military gains; war results; fruit of battle

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valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

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rather than

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tariff; tax rate

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certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation

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to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

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seizure; attachment; foreclosure

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fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

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surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

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annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

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one night; all night; overnight; one evening

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burnt field; burnt area

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strong nation; powerful country

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cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

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violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

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to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

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given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

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without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible

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unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up

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split; division; break up

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to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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on bad terms; at loggerheads

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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(not so) much; (not) very

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leader; guide; mentor; coach

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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looking on (somebody) as hostile

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sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

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skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

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half a year; six months

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quickly; swishing; whooshing

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castle of a feudal lord

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