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Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)

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family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

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one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

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(whether at) peace or at war; in peacetime and at war; order and chaos

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rise and fall (of nations); destiny

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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enchantress; seductress; vamp

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wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)

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easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)

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crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

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ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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Caesar

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wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

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

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sincerity; true heart; devotion

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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care; precaution; guarding; caution

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discernment; insight

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in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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actually; really

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dead

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effect; result; worth; use; avail

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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secret; private; surreptitious

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mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on

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to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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affirmation; affirmative (logic)

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to come to mind; to pop into one's head

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to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

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nowadays; in this day and age

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unqualified; without qualifications

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Rome

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why; how

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

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according to (someone)

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by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

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to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

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crocodile tears

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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aha!; yes sir

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he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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I; me

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