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family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

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Suwa

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

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foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)

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to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

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taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains

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to have; to possess

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Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

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on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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Battle of Nagashino (1575)

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decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

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to cut off (a relationship)

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Kagetora

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death; passing

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mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

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neophyte; new monk (or nun); new convert (to Buddhism)

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to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

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to adjoin

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reason for concern

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having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

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governor; leader; ruler

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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interest; rights; concession

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hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

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which; what (way)

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centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)

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official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank

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Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

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successor; replacement; second wife

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bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest

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to lie down; to throw oneself down

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going to bed; retiring (for the night)

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next day

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on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

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Muya

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detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

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glare; sharp look

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lieutenant general; vice-admiral

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to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

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shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

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(metal) mine

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being rich; having plenty of money; wallowing in money

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to follow another's example

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irrational (line of) argument

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