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Edo period inspection of rice plants

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator

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crop conditions; quality (of art)

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estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation

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domain administrative headquarters (early Meiji)

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established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined

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balance; difference (in price, cost); margin

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secret; private; surreptitious

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account

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bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

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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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intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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good person; virtuous person

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being ...

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to discuss; to talk together

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to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

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to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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my; our; one's own

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feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

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collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

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to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

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to install (a person) in (someone's) place

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half the number; haploid

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steadily

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

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Masubuchi

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another family; another house

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negotiations; discussions; connection

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to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate

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to fear; to be afraid of

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winning horse; winner

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to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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this month

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twentieth day of the month; twenty days

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several times; several degrees

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teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

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a (wide) main street

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hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

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unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

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to hide; to keep to oneself

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)

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to look around; to survey

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young and old; all ages

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