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financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)

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mutual attack training

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(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)

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stray bullet

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middle of the month; mid-month

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cynical; warped; envious

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Aizawa Seishisai (1782.7.5-1863.8.27)

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New Year's calls

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Gun'ichi

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breech-loading

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even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond

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

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tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull

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newly compiled; newly edited; newly elected; newly returned

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difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

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Keisuke

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Toshizou

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contrary to reason

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ladder-top stunts

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court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

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to look the other way; to hush up a problem

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brightness; clearness

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acupuncturist

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glass bead

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light breeze

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let's put formalities aside; let's not speak so stiffly

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witty; smart and polished

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sleeping together

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does not agree with; does not get along with

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low ground

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to settle (a problem)

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separatists; secessionists

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elixir (of life)

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entering the service of a daimyo

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sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals

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life imprisonment

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source of all kinds of diseases

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worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world

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left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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Izou

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downhill; decline; waning

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songbird; bird with a beautiful song

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bungler

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(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be unable to stop crying

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shock corps

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one's mind; one's heart; one's intention

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having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

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to go back to the starting point

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to suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis; to have trouble in one's lungs

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