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the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch

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military affairs; military work

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Shimada

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gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

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hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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Nagakura

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

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chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives

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to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

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Nomura

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burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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Sendagaya

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decapitation

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(a place) out of one's reach

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pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

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to wear out

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Souma

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measles

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end of a sentence

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Harada

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Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

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kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)

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northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

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becoming a lordless samurai

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Heisuke

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overthrow of the shogunate

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at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

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trend; tendency; momentum

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post; quarters; military station; police station

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story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

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very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

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present-day; nowadays

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left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)

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to wander; to roam from place to place

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place of execution

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the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

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you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice

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Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

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to take revenge

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

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probability; likelihood

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one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

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bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot

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news of someone's death; obituary

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

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placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

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stature; height

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foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person

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