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to be the case that

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

5

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

2

to mail a letter

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

2

telegram

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

gist; main point

1

sulfur (S); sulphur

5

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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Island; insula; island; islet

1

to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine

1

command; direction

2

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

3

Zen priest

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

2

trade; commerce

4

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

2

public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

1

great difference; major mistake

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)

3

picking; collecting; harvesting

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

six; 6

3

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

gunpowder; powder

1

raw materials

1

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

3

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

3

strategic resources; strategic materials

1

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

1

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

3

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

3

1 kin (approx. 0.6kg); 1 loaf of bread

1

ninety; 90

1

very; extremely; that is

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skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

3

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

1

adding; addition; extra

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

3

going all out without regarding an opponent's hand

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