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innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358.6.7)

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lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

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person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

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to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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tribe; branch family

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

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factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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high; high school

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Takauji

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illegitimate child

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exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

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indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

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command; direction

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war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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succession struggle; succession race

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rank; ranking order; hierarchy

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to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

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the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

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quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

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to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

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(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

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strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

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league match

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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difference; variation; difference

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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to authorize

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method; process; manner; way; means; technique

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maybe; could be; might

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

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

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feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch

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default

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mutual; reciprocal

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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

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any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

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three; 3

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blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

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