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Kai

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Takeichi

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multiple entry; listing

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fusuma paper; paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)

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disobeying the emperor's order

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expiration (of a term); maturity (e.g. investment); serving one's (full) time

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neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things

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Iwasaki

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attraction; lure; invitation

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fire prevention

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Uenokan'eiji

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your company; your shrine

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eyes slanted upward; rising tendency

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Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

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annotation; commentary; explanatory note

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Perli

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dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake

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Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner

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owing a lot to somebody; being indebted; never forgetting someone who has done a favour

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feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch

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vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

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the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess

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Inari Shrine

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meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

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to be widely recognized; to be famous

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Matsumoto

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Toudou

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universe; cosmos; space

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evacuation; surrender

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

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movie; film

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branch road; branch path; fork road

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to watch what one says; to mind one's language

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Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

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to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

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overlooking; turning a blind eye

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morning mist

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Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

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check

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to single out; to select

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confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down

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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

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to be attacked by a disease

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the good fortune to have been born male

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

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to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way

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to be caught

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eastern expedition

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