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Tsugaru (western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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Akita (city, prefecture)

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Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone

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various fiefdoms; various domains

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large number (of); many; majority

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refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)

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district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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rioters; mob; insurgents

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destruction; demolition; smashing apart; uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice

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riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

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dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

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starvation; famine; hunger

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collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

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appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

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neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside

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great poverty

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to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

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what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

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house in an alley; rear tenement

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proletariat; lower classes

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house on a main street

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

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strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance

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Ooshio Heihachirou (1793-1837)

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day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)

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state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

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Eastern Europe

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Poland

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merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation

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the first ...; primary

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election

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revision; amendment; alteration

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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steadily

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modern state; modern nation

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to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

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low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)

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injury; harm; evil influence; damage

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import; importation; introduction; afferent

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strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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ban on import; import ban; import prohibition; prohibition of importation

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