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development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

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diversification

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leader; guide; mentor; coach

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consumer

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(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

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destruction; disruption; (application) crash

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to decide; to determine

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upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first

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supremacism

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absolutely; positively; decidedly

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fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

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fatal; deadly; mortal

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to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

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animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute

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to side with (someone); to support (someone)

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Supreme Court

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consultative body; advisory committee; advisory organ

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a report (of one's findings)

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Water Horse (19th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1942, 2002, 2062)

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

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contributed article

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asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

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apology; excuse

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self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

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that matter; those matters

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continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last

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appropriately; properly

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(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

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what sort of; what kind of; what way

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of course; certainly; naturally

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literary and military arts; the pen and the sword

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

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violation; transgression

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unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

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item; article; clause; section; point

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container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

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way; method; means; resource; course

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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

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future years; in (one's) later years

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Hisanao

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Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

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Morishige

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Yoshihiro

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rest omitted; and so on

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to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

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handle; mistress; kept woman; concubine

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regarding highly; attaching importance to

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