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Takatenjinzan

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punching the wall

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wage system; wage structure

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the Order of Merit

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behaving (posing) as if they were a married couple

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undefeated record; clean record; no losses

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Hisamichi

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Nobuoki

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fruitless discussion; inconclusive discussion

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status consciousness; perception of one's social status

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Shigehide

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Yamagata

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having both wisdom and courage

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(skin) peeling fully off

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tenacity of weeds; stubbornness of weeds; die hard spirit

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shooter

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explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly

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bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree

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titleholder

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civilian control (of the military)

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publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally

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unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity

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Shimazu Iehisa

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forward force down

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Setsutsu

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(marriage) engagement; secret treaty; tacit understanding; private contract

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six to four ratio; sixty-forty

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crescent moon

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Oda Nobutada (1557-1582.6.21)

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Doukyou

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substandard; low-level

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"large eyes" look (makeup technique)

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

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hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)

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Imagawa Uchizane

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to cut loose; to act without restraint; to throw off all inhibitions; to go wild

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Sakakibara Yasumasa

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Luís Fróis

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made by grinding stone

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quick wit; ready wit

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carefree; free from worry

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anal sphincter

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samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers

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Houjou Ujimasa

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Yuusai

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Shingen

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sly (cunning) old man

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aggression; invasion; raid

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Chiyochiku

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