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Emperor Go-Reizei; Go-Reizei Tenno (1025-1068 CE, reigning: 1045-1068 CE)

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grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

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paulownia crest

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chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

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Emperor Go-Hanazono; Go-Hanazono Tenno (1419-1470 CE, reigning: 1428-1464 CE)

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in-law; relative by marriage

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eminent; prominent; distinguished; ringing (of metal); resonant (of a musical instrument)

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powerful family

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sudden death

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heir

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eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son

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heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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to wed; to be married; to shift blame to someone else

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Tsugaruya

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Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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third daughter

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Kikuko

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Tadashige

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great-grandchild

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Tsunanori

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older sister; elder sister

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

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one's wife

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clan

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Imperial Guards

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major general; rear admiral; air commodore

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role

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century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

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to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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not knowing

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modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables

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technocrat

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(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging

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filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

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have to do; must; should; ought to

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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Yozaemon

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under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie

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Fukushima (city, prefecture)

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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one's own room

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heartening; reassuring

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(arch.) three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)

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