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preface; introduction; preamble

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another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

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disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

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even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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wounded person; injured person

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

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lawn; sod; turf

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astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

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again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again

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social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

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stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)

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no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

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and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

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information; news; report; reward; retribution

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to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

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to cut off; to lop off; to prune

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tail (animal); tail end; tip

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lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist

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relative; relation; kin

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whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

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to be appointed to a post; to assume office

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

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accepting bribes; corruption; graft

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murder; murderer

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chief vassal; senior statesman

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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serious wound; hard blow

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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suspension of business

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scandal; deplorable event

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closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement

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penalty; sentence; punishment

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fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days

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administrative fine; correctional fine; nonpenal fine

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mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture

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kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

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negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement

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supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

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capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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punishment; penalty

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