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Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

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ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

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improvement; reform

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rice plant (Oryza sativa)

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threshing (e.g. rice)

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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one hour

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

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efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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forty; 40

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five; 5

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comb

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huge; big; gargantuan

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in the meanwhile; during the time

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sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants

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grain of rice

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to attempt; to test; to try out

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handiwork; ware

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big; large; great

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

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like this; this sort; this way

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that's so, isn't it

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to think of; to come up with

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to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

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book; volume

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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memory; ability to remember

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knowledge; information

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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four thousand; 4,000

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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how; in what way

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to do

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intellectual property; IP

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reproduction; duplication; reprinting

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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be; is

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through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

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to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

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to be highly pleased

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