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to apologize; to apologise

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kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

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remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

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reigning; controlling; dictating

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surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries

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Harunobu

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downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

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one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin

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relative

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considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

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relation; connection; affinity

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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crops; agricultural produce

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discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures

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sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

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chronic

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appointment; assignment; promotion

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allegiance; obedience; submission

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officer

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to begin to appear; to begin to come in

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tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded

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to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

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to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

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20 years old

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cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

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a little bit; a little while

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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to do (for someone)

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stinginess; miserliness; parsimony

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

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duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

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lenient; gentle

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Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

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to be based in (a place)

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school; sect; party

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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successive generations; successive emperors

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special selection; finest pick; top pick

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judgement; judgment; connoisseur

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figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

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beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

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suguha; straight temper line (on a sword)

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extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

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ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

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