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neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

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Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

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Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)

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large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

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taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

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carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

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big yawn

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sleepy eyes; drowsy look

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Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

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to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk

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to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing

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suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

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to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

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to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer

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suzerain

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Kennyo

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brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother

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court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

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Sanjou Kimiyori

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uproar; disturbance

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conversation

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blinking (in surprise)

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

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such; this sort of; like this

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way; method; means; resource; course

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to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

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somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

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bulky; massive; thick; heavy

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river mist

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the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

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morning; a.m.

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ten o'clock

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all members; whole army

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scouting; reconnaissance

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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accident; emergency; calamity

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to leave for home

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under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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to move troops forward

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

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main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

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to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

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briskly; quickly; promptly

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head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely

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