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masseuse; masseur

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red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter

1

desire for vengeance

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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person

4

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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to double

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mid-stream; middle course; middle class

1

Matsuyama (city in Ehime)

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emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife

7

bastards; guys; lads

1

boiling water

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people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato

6

Emperor of Japan

1

to begin; to set about; to start

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in accordance with plans; just as planned

1

(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

path; lane

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luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

1

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

1

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

2

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

1

bathtub

2

confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

1

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

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hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane

1

order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

1

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

1

boat; rowing boat

1

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

inside; interior

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bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

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housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

1

wise person; sage

1

heating power; thermal power; firepower

1

single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

1

capture; seizure

1

close associate; close aide; brains-truster

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

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disguise; masquerade

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watch-keeping; guard; lookout

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seems; I guess

1

general; shogun

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father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

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Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

1