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guardian and tutor of a nobleman's child

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execution by decapitation, followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China)

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wise and able retainer

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Saiyou

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sense of politics; feeling for politics

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Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)

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exchange rate

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Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou-dynasty China)

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pillory; burden

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dethronement

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Reitei

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Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)

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emperor's seal

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crafty courtier; traitor

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ribbon; cordon

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three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)

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Bulgaria; spirited; rising; sudden; abrupt

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locust plague; damage to crops by grasshoppers

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gratuity; tip

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prefectural ordinance

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military supplies (transported to the front line); military stores

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false charge; slander; defamation

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execution of a criminal

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solar eclipse

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excessive profits; usury

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dismissal; sacking; discharge

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exile; banishment; deportation

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to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources

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the shogunate

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implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)

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clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)

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palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan

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large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

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punitive force

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office and rank; an official rank

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eunuch

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government service; official position; civil service

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different race; different ethnic group; different peoples

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Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

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nomad

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dismissal (from a position); discharge

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high steward; grand master

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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the capital (esp. Kyoto)

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admonition; remonstrance; expostulation

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during imprisonment; while in jail

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(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)

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calling card

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receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving

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clear stream

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