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Isami

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lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient

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Shuusai

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Chikage

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Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent

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Edo dialect

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if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin

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after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

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heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

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following someone's example, and committing suicide

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to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind

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no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said

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hammering sound; hammering

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the light of dawn

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unable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings; unable to restrain oneself

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to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle

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to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)

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Sendagaya

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

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to become the subject of rumours or conversations

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most favorite thing

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bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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mountain wind

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that's too bad; too bad for you!

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padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes

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

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to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout

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East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

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Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

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unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye

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tip of a sword; point of a sword

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to wear a sword

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clearly; brightly; crisply

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to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear

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Heisuke

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younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member

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

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vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

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wild flower; paper flowers (esp. as decoration at a funeral)

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private pupil; apprentice

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Chinese herbal medicine

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to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise

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to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

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with a light thud

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suzerain

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to be flexible; to be accommodating

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Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

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lineage; pedigree; family line

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