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locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition

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Kyou

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Kyuuju

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

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unfinished

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cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)

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Chikage

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to suffer from tuberculosis

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conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)

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Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident

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facing of a tatami mat

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old cloth; rag

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to be started; to get underway

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to feel depressed

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forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period); change of constituency (politician); change of district

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fading; faded colour; faded color

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boon; windfall; blessing

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Katamori

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

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hearsay; rumor; grapevine

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severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold

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pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

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feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch

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

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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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face to face; between two persons

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to be satisfied

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disembowelment; harakiri

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undergoing training; learning

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Sendagaya

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to chew up

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Toudou

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the following evening

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execution; death by execution

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as a god; as was done in the age of the gods

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vigorous; cheerful; assertive

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outward appearance

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young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period

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one's life under medical treatment; (means and time spent) fighting against an illness

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to sharpen one's claws

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chivalrous spirit; chivalry

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to pick a fight

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to get dressed up; to treat oneself

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changing the world; turning the tide; torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

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not having had enough to drink (esp. alcohol)

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one's last journey; the journey to the other world; death

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nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem

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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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seeming lonely

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to win favour; to win favor

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